Leucochloridium
| Leucochloridium | |
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| Leucochloridium paradoxum, parasite in Succinea putris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Strigeata |
| Family: | Leucochloridiidae |
| Genus: | Leucochloridium Carus, 1835 |
Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic worms called broodsacs.
Species
Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:
- Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800)
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948
- Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Leucochloridium melospizae
- Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
- Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmanska, 1969
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
- Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
- Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881
Synonyms:
- Leucochloridium macrostomum is a synonym for Urogonimus macrostomus (Rudolphi, 1802)
Gallery
A flatworm of the genus Leucochloridium parasiting a snail.
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