Helicometrinae

Helicometrinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Opecoelidae
Subfamily:	Helicometrinae ; Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016

Last updated December 28, 2023

Helicometrinae is a subfamily of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Genera

Helicometra Odhner, 1902^[2]
Helicometrina Linton, 1910^[3]
Neohelicometra Siddiqi & Cable, 1960^[4]
Proneohelicometra Hassanine, 2006^[5]

Related Research Articles

Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. It was considered by Bray et al. to belong in the superfamily Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925 or the Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905.

Hamacreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with Olivacreadium Bilqees, 1976. Species of Hamacreadium are endoparasitic in fish such as Lethrinus Cuvier, 1829.

Allopodocotyle is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Cainocreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Apopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966, Cainocreadoides Nagaty, 1956, and Emmettrema Caballero y Caballero, 1946.

Coitocaecum is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised to Ozakia Wisniewski, 1934, Paradactylostomum Zhukov, 1972 nec Toman, 1992, and Pseudocoitocaecum Bilqees, 1972.

Dactylostomum is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonyised with Opedunculata Dwivedi, 1975.

Helicometra is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with AllostenoperaBaeva, 1968, MetahelicometraYamaguti, 1971, and StenoperaManter, 1933. Its type species is H. fasciata(Rudolphi, 1819). They are distinguished by their unique spiral uterus, from which their name is derived.

Helicometrina is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Neohelicometra is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of only one species, Neohelicometra scorpaenae.

Opecoeloides is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Cymbephallus Linton, 1934 and Fimbriatus von Wicklen, 1946.

Opecoelus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Opegaster is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Pachycreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Peracreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is very similar to the related genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909, and has been synonymised with the genera Anabathycreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990, Indocreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990, and Lebouria Nicoll, 1909.

Proneohelicometra is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of one species, Proneohelicometra aegyptensis.

Pseudopecoelus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Neopecoelus Manter, 1947.

Anisoporus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Neoplagioporus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Opistholebes is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Pinguitrema is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

References

↑ Bray, R. A., Cribb, T. H., Littlewood, D. T. & Waeschenbach, A. (2016). The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily. Folia Parasitologica, 63(13), 1–11.
↑ Odhner, T. (1902). Mitteilungen zur Kenntnis der Distomem II. 3. Helicometra n. g. Allocreadiinarum. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, und Infektionskrankheiten XXXI, 160–162.
↑ Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 133, 11–98.
↑ Siddiqi, Ather H. & Cable, Raymond M. (1960). Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Fishes of Puerto Rico. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 17(3).
↑ Hassanine, R. M. E. (2006). Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: Proneohelicometra aegyptensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925) and Neohypocreadium gibsoni sp. nov. (Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905). Acta Parasitologica, 51(4), 249–254.

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[I-1] Bray, R. A., Cribb, T. H., Littlewood, D. T. & Waeschenbach, A. (2016). The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily. Folia Parasitologica, 63(13), 1–11.

[II-2] Odhner, T. (1902). Mitteilungen zur Kenntnis der Distomem II. 3. Helicometra n. g. Allocreadiinarum. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, und Infektionskrankheiten XXXI, 160–162.

[III-3] Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 133, 11–98.

[IV-4] Siddiqi, Ather H. & Cable, Raymond M. (1960). Digenetic Trematodes of Marine Fishes of Puerto Rico. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 17(3).

[LXI-5] Hassanine, R. M. E. (2006). Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: Proneohelicometra aegyptensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925) and Neohypocreadium gibsoni sp. nov. (Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905). Acta Parasitologica, 51(4), 249–254.

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