Family Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899.

Abstract

This book chapter describes members of the Family Gorgoderidae and identifies their common hosts (amphibians, fishes and reptiles). Keys for separation of the various subfamilies, genera, subgenera are presented.

Phyllodistomum kanae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae), a bladder fluke from the Ezo salamander Hynobius retardatus

“…The broad and foliate hindbody of Phyllodistomum is a key morphological character separating this genus from Gorgoderina and Gorgodera, and furthermore Gorgodera has more testes than Phyllodistomum and Gorgoderina [10]. However, the above-mentioned molecular phylogenies suggest a possibility that the shape of hindbody and the number of testes are homoplasious traits.…”

“…Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 rather than Gorgoderina Looss, 1902, particularly in its broad hindbody [10]. There have been no records of gorgoderids from the Asiatic salamanders distributed all over Asia and in European Russia.…”

“…The genus Phyllodistomum is a large group consisting mainly of fish parasites together with a few amphibian parasites, while hosts of the most closely related genera Gorgoderina and Gorgodera are only found in amphibians [10]. Russian taxonomists divided Phyllodistomum into four subgenera, based on the shapes of whole-body and vitelline gland [28].…”

Factors affecting trematode infection rates in freshwater mussels

“…Although the role of digenean trematodes in the ecology and evolution of freshwater communities has been addressed by many studies of gastropods (Jokela & Lively, 1995;Sorensen & Minchella, 2001;Hechinger & Lafferty, 2005), interactions between digenean trematodes and their bivalve hosts remain relatively poorly understood. We now know that bivalves are used as intermediate hosts by several families of digenean trematodes (Overstreet & Curran, 2002;Campbell, 2008;Grizzle & Brunner, 2009). For example, swan mussels (Anodonta cygnea) serve as the intermediate host of the digenean trematode Phyllodistomum elongatum (Gorgoderidae), and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are the intermediate host of Phyllodistomum folium (Orecchia et al, 1975;Laruelle et al, 2002).…”

Checklist of digenean trematodes reported from Indian marine fishes

“…Goa, AS Ahmad (1982) X. triacanthi Ahmad & Gupta, 1985 Southwell (1913) A. narayani Simha, Rao & Rao, 1971 Mobulidae: Mobula diabolus (Shaw) AS Simha et al (1971) A. scoliodoni (Mehra, 1960) Campbell, 2008 [Syn. Staphylorchis scoliodoni Mehra, 1960] Carcharhinidae: Scoliodon sorrakowah (Ruppell) S. India Mehra (1960) A. stunkardi Tandon, 1969 Carcharhinidae: Scoliodon dumerilii (Bleeker) Indian Ocean Tandon (1969b) Genus Petalodistomum , 1913[Syns Nagmia Nagaty, 1930Neoanaporrhutum Gupta & Tewari, 1985;Ref.…”