Euclinostomum ardeolae El-Naffar & Khalifa, 1981
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
- Euclinostomum ardeolae El-Naffar & Khalifa, 1981
- Name authority
- El-Naffar & Khalifa, 1981
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Trematoda
- Order
- Diplostomida
- Family
- Clinostomidae
- Genus
- Euclinostomum
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · 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
- orderDiplostomida Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- suborderDiplostomata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- superfamilySchistosomatoidea Stiles & Hassall, 1898
- familyClinostomidae Lühe, 1901
- subfamilyEuclinostominae Yamaguti, 1958
- genusEuclinostomum Travassos, 1928
- speciesEuclinostomum ardeolae El-Naffar & Khalifa, 1981
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Euclinostomum. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Euclinostomum clarias (Dubois, 1930) Dollfus, 1932 | ClinostomidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Euclinostomum heterostomum (Rudolphi, 1809) Travassos, 1928 | ClinostomidaePlatyhelminthes | 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.
- El-Naffar, M. K., & Khalifa, R. M. (1981). Euclinostomum ardeolae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Clinostomatidae). Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 11 (1): 175–181. 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:3BTYV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.