Leucochloridium

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Leucochloridium

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
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Leucochloridium paradoxum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

A flatworm of the genus Leucochloridium parasitising a snail

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

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