Species Brachylaima simile (Johnston, 1913)

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• Harmostomum simile Johnston, S.J. 1913. On some trematode parasites of marsupials and of a monotreme. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 727-740, pls lxxv-lxxvi.

  Type host:

   Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] (as Perameles obesula)
• Brachylaima antechini Peisley, E. & Howell, M.J. 1975. A brachylaimid trematode from marsupial mice with observations on its life cycle. International Journal for Parasitology 5: 441-447.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cribb, T.H. 1992. The Brachylaimidae (Trematoda: Digenea) of Australian native mammals and birds, including descriptions of Dasyurotrema n. g. and four new species of Brachylaima. Systematic Parasitology 1: 45-72 (synonymised Brachylaima antechini)

Generic Combinations

• Brachylaima simile (Johnston, 1913). —
  Dollfus, R.P. 1935. Sur quelques Brachylaemus de la faune Francaise recoltes principalement a Richelieu (Indre-et-Loire). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 13: 52-79
  Cribb, T.H. 1992. The Brachylaimidae (Trematoda: Digenea) of Australian native mammals and birds, including descriptions of Dasyurotrema n. g. and four new species of Brachylaima. Systematic Parasitology 1: 45-72

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Antechinus agilis Dickman, Parnaby, Crowther & King, 1998 [DASYURIDAE] Agile Antechinus; Antechinus stuartii Macleay, 1841 [DASYURIDAE] Brown Antechinus; Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804 [PERAMELIDAE] Long-nosed Bandicoot; Isoodon obesulus (Shaw, 1797) [PERAMELIDAE] Southern Brown Bandicoot).

Associated Fauna References

Cribb, T.H. & Spratt, D.M. 1992. Dicrocoeliidae (Trematoda: Digenea) of Australian mammals with description of Dicrocoelium antechini n.sp., Athesmioides aiolos n.g., n.sp. and Platynosomum burrman n.sp. Systematic Parasitology 21: 211–222 (Antechinus agilis)

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