Dactylostomum griffithsi Bray, 1987
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dactylostomum griffithsi Bray, 1987
- Name authority
- Bray, 1987
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Trematoda
- Order
- Plagiorchiida
- Family
- Opecoelidae
- Genus
- Dactylostomum
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- classTrematoda
- subclassDigenea Carus, 1863
- orderPlagiorchiida La Rue, 1957
- suborderXiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- superfamilyOpecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925
- familyOpecoelidae Ozaki, 1925
- subfamilyOpecoelinae Ozaki, 1925
- genusDactylostomum Woolcock, 1935
- speciesDactylostomum griffithsi Bray, 1987
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dactylostomum. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dactylostomum armatum (Dwivedi, 1975) Cribb, 2005 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum caballeroi Martin, 1960 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum cribbi Gibson, Bray & Langdon, 1990 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum epinepheli Wang, 1982 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum kashiensis (Maurya, Agarwal & Singh, 1989) Cribb, 2005 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum longivesiculum Shimazu & Machida, 1985 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum nicolli Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2003 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dactylostomum satpali Agrawal & Sharma, 1989 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bray, R. A. (1987). Some helminth parasites of marine fishes of south Africa: family Opecoelidae (Digenea). Journal of Natural History, 21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938700770651 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:33WY5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.