Leucochloridium Vogtianum

''Leucochloridium'' is a genus of parasitic trematode worms in the order Diplostomida. It Is the sole genus in the family Leucochloridiidae.Carus, C. G. (1835). Beobachtung über einen merkwürdigen schöngefärbten Eingeweidewurm, ''Leucochloridium paradoxum'' mihi, und dessen parasitische Erzeugung in einer Landschnecke, ''Succinea amphibia'' Drap. ''Helix putri''s Linn. ''Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum'' 17(7), 85–100. 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'' (Zeder, 1800) now in genus '' Urogonimus''
* ''Leucochloridium fuscostriatum'' Robinson, 1948 synonymised with ''L. variae''
* ''Leucochloridium holostomum'' (Rudolphi, 1819)
* '' Leucochloridium paradoxum'' Carus, 1835
* '' Leucochloridium perturbatum'' Pojmanska, 1969 synonymised with ''L. variae''
* ''Leucochloridium phragmitophila'' Bykhovskaja-Pavlovskja & Dubinina, 1951
* '' Leucochloridium variae'' McIntosh, 1932
* ''Leucochloridium vogtianum'' Baudon, 1881

Synonyms

* ''Leucochloridium macrostomum'' is a synonym for '' Urogonimus macrostomus'' (Rudolphi, 1802)

See also

* Aggressive mimicry

References

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Diplostomida
Digenea genera
Suicide-inducing parasitism
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