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 <small>(Zeder, 1800)</small> now in genus Urogonimus
- Leucochloridium fuscostriatum <small>Robinson, 1948</small> is a junior synonym of L. variae
- L. fuscum <small>Rietschel, 1970</small> is a junior synonym of L. perturbatum
- Leucochloridium heckerti <small>Kagan, 1951</small> is a junior synonym of L. paradoxum
- Leucochloridium holostomum <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>
- Leucochloridium macrostomum <small>(Rudolphi, 1803)</small> is now in the genus Urogonimus, but the name was widely misapplied to L. paradoxum
- Leucochloridium paradoxum <small>Carus, 1835</small>
- Leucochloridium perturbatum <small>PojmaÃ
Âska, 1969</small> sometimes considered a synonym of L. variae
- Leucochloridium phragmitophila <small>Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951</small>
- Leucochloridium sime Yamaguti, 1935 is likely a synonym of L. perturbatum.
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