''Allocreadium'' is a genus of

trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive ...

belonging to the family

Allocreadiidae Allocreadiidae is a family of flatworms belonging to the order Plagiorchiida. Genera The family includes about 40 genera, including: * '' Acanthocreadium'' Mikailov, 1969 * '' Acrolichanus'' Ward, 1917 * ''Allocreadium ''Allocreadium'' is a ...

. The genus was first described by

Arthur Looss Arthur Looss (16 March 1861 – 4 May 1923) was a German zoology, zoologist and Parasitology, parasitologist. Looss was born in 1861 in Chemnitz, and was educated both there and in Łódź, Poland. Thereafter, he studied at the University of Leipz ...

in 1900. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Species include the following: * '' Allocreadium fasciatusi'' Kakaji, 1969 * '' Allocreadium isoporum'' (Looss, 1894) Looss, 1900

References

Trematoda Trematode genera {{trematode-stub