Leucochloridium
Genus of flukes
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Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.[2] Members of this genus cause pulsating swellings in the eye-stalks of snails (a phenomenon colloquially called a zombie snail), so as to attract the attention of predatory birds required in the parasites' lifecycle.
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| Leucochloridium paradoxum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Diplostomida |
| Suborder: | Diplostomata |
| Superfamily: | Brachylaimoidea |
| Family: | Leucochloridiidae Poche, 1907[1] |
| Genus: | Leucochloridium Carus, 1835 |
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Taxonomy
Species
Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:
- Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus[3]
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae[4]
- L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
- Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum[6]
- Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum[3]
- Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
- Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae[4][7]
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
- Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.[7]
- L. subtilis Pojmańska, 1969 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum[5]
- Leucochloridium variae McIntosh, 1932
- Leucochloridium vogtianum Baudon, 1881
