Diplostomum chromatophorum (Brown, 1931) Shigin, 1986
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
- Diplostomum chromatophorum (Brown, 1931) Shigin, 1986
- Name authority
- (Brown, 1931) Shigin, 1986
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Trematoda
- Order
- Diplostomida
- Family
- Diplostomidae
- Genus
- Diplostomum
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: yes. 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
- orderDiplostomida Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- suborderDiplostomata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- superfamilyDiplostomoidea Poirier, 1886
- familyDiplostomidae Poirier, 1886
- subfamilyDiplostominae Poirier, 1886
- genusDiplostomum von Nordmann, 1832
- speciesDiplostomum chromatophorum (Brown, 1931) Shigin, 1986
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diplostomum. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Diplostomum adamsi Lester & Huizinga, 1977 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum antarcticum Feiler, 1986 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum baeri Dubois, 1937 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum commutatum (Diesing, 1850) Dubois, 1937 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum dominicanum Feiler, 1986 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum huronense (La Rue, 1927) Hughes, 1929 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum magnicaudum El-Naffar, 1979 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum montanum Zhokhov, 2014 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum nordmanni Shigin & Shapirov in Shigin, 1986 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum phoxini (Faust, 1919) Arvy & Buttner, 1954 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum pseudospathaceum Niewiadomska, 1984 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diplostomum rutili Razmashkin, 1969 | DiplostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cercaria chromatomorpha Brown, 1931 Brown, 1931 | synonym |
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.
- Shigin, A. A. (1986). Trematodes of the fauna of the USSR: genus Diplostomum. metacercaria. Moscow, Nauka, 253 pp. Trematodes of the Fauna of the USSR: Genus Diplostomum. Metacercaria, Moscow, Nauka, 253 pp. 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:36NJL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.