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Deretrema acutum Pritchard, 1963

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Deretrema acutum Pritchard, 1963
Name authority
Pritchard, 1963
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Class
Trematoda
Order
Plagiorchiida
Family
Zoogonidae
Genus
Deretrema
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. classTrematoda
  6. subclassDigenea Carus, 1863
  7. orderPlagiorchiida La Rue, 1957
  8. suborderXiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
  9. superfamilyMicrophalloidea Ward, 1901
  10. familyZoogonidae Odhner, 1902
  11. subfamilyLecithostaphylinae Odhner, 1911
  12. genusDeretrema Linton, 1910
  13. speciesDeretrema acutum Pritchard, 1963

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Deretrema. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Deretrema combesorum Bray & Justine, 2008ZoogonidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deretrema ovale Machida, 1984ZoogonidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deretrema pacificum Yamaguti, 1942ZoogonidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deretrema scorpaenicola Bartoli & Bray, 1990ZoogonidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Deretrema triodontis Machida & Kuramochi, 1999ZoogonidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 16 records assigned to Zoogonidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Deretrema uku Yamaguti, 1970 Yamaguti, 1970synonym
Deretrema (Spinoderetrema) acutum Pritchard, 1963 Pritchard, 1963synonym
Deretrema hawaiiense Yamaguti, 1970 Yamaguti, 1970synonym
Deretrema sphyraenae Yamaguti, 1970 Yamaguti, 1970synonym

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.

  1. Pritchard, M. H. (1963). Studies on Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes, Primarily Families Lepocreadiidae and Zoogonidae. Journal of Parasitology, 49. https://doi.org/10.2307/3275763 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:34WG2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.