Leucochloridium
genus of worms
Leucochloridium is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae. 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.
Taxonomy
Species
Species in the genus Leucochloridium include:
Leucochloridium caryocatactis (Zeder, 1800) now in genus Urogonimus
Leucochloridium fuscostriatum Robinson, 1948 is a junior synonym of L. variae
L. fuscum Rietschel, 1970 is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum
Leucochloridium heckerti Kagan, 1951 is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum
Leucochloridium holostomum (Rudolphi, 1819)
Leucochloridium macrostomum (Rudolphi, 1803) is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum
Leucochloridium paradoxum Carus, 1835
Leucochloridium perturbatum Pojmańska, 1969 sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae
Leucochloridium phragmitophila Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.
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