Helicometra

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

Phylum:Platyhelminthes

Class:Trematoda

Order:Plagiorchiida

Family:Opecoelidae

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Helicometra

Helicometra sp. (Plagiorchiida: Opecoelidae) from the intestine of a Flame Cardinal fish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Family:	Opecoelidae
Subfamily:	Helicometrinae
Genus:	Helicometra Odhner, 1902

Species

Helicometra aegyptensis Hassanine, 2007^[1]
Helicometra antarcticae Holloway & Bier, 1968^[2]
Helicometra aposinuata Pritchard, 1966
Helicometra bassensis Woolcock, 1935
Helicometra borneoensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1965
Helicometra boseli Nagaty, 1956
Helicometra dalianensis (Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)^[3]
Helicometra dorabi (Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)
Helicometra equilata (Manter, 1933)^[4]
Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819)^[5]
Helicometra filamentosa Madhavi, 1975
Helicometra fusiformis Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
Helicometra gibsoni Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993
Helicometra gomphosi Yamaguti, 1970
Helicometra grandora Manter, 1954^[6]
Helicometra hapalogenyos Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
Helicometra indica Agrawal, 1964
Helicometra insolita Polyanski, 1955
Helicometra interrupta Hassanine, 2005^[7]
Helicometra kyliotrema Pritchard, 1966
Helicometra manteri Andres, Ray, Pulis, Curran & Overstreet, 2014^[8]
Helicometra nasae Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
Helicometra neoscorpaenae Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
Helicometra overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015^[9]
Helicometra pisanoae Zdzitowiecki, 1998^[10]
Helicometra pisodonophi Há, 2012^[11]
Helicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968)^[12]
Helicometra plovmornini Issaitchikov, 1928
Helicometra pteroisi (Gupta, 1956)
Helicometra rakusai Zdzitowiecki, 1997
Helicometra robinsorum Overstreet & Martin, 1974
Helicometra scorpaenae Prudhoe & Bray, 1973
Helicometra sebastis (Sekerak & Arai, 1974)
Helicometra selaroides Shen, 1986
Helicometra sinipercae Wang, 1982
Helicometra sprenti Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2006^[13]
Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, 1935
Helicometra torta Linton, 1910

Species later synonymised with species of Helicometra

Helicometra antarcticae Holloway & Bier, 1968
- Neohelicometra antarcticae (Holloway & Bier, 1968)
Helicometra boseli Nagaty, 1956
- Helicometra rectisaccus (Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964)
- Stenopera rectisaccus Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964
Helicometra dalianensis (Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)
- Neohelicometra dalianensis Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989
Helicometra dorabi (Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)
- Stenopera dorabi Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966
Helicometra equilata (Manter, 1933)
- Stenopera equilata Manter, 1933
Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Helicometra dochmosorchis Manter & Pritchard, 1960
- Helicometra epinepheli Yamaguti, 1934
- Helicometra flava Stossich, 1903
- Helicometra gobii (Stossich, 1883)
- Helicometra hypodytis Yamaguti, 1934
- Helicometra labri (Stossich, 1886)
- Helicometra markewitschi Pogorel'tseva, 1954
- Helicometra marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
- Helicometra mutabilis (Stossich, 1902)
- Helicometra pulchella (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Helicometra scorpaenae Wang, 1982
- Helicometra sinuata (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Helicometra upapalu Yamaguti, 1970
Helicometra insolita Polyanski, 1955
- Neohelicometra insolita (Polyansky, 1955)
Helicometra pisodonophi Nguyen Van Ha, 2012
- Hamacreadium gymnomuraenae Shen & Li, 2000
Helicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968)
- Allostenopera pleurogrammi Baeva, 1968
- Helicometra pugetensis Schell, 1973
- Neohelicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968)
Helicometra pteroisi (Gupta, 1956)
- Stenopera pteroisi Gupta, 1956
Helicometra sebastis (Sekerak & Arai, 1974)
- Neohelicometra sebastis Sekerak & Arai, 1974
Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, 1935
- Helicometra neosebastodis Crowcroft, 1947
Helicometra torta Linton, 1910
- Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957

References

[1]
Hassanine, R. (2007). Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: On the validity of Helicometra marmoratae Nagaty et Abdel-Aal, 1962 and the description of H. aegyptense sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925). Acta Parasitologica. 52(1): 18-23.
[2]
Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.
[3]
Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
[4]
Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142
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Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128.
[7]
Hassanine. (2005). Trematodes from Red Sea fishes: Gibsonius aegyptensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Lepocreadiidae Odhner, 1905) and Helicometra interrupta sp. nov. (Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925). Acta Parasitologica. 50(4), 276-280.
[8]
Andres, M. J.; Ray, C. L.; Pulis, E. E.; Curran, S. S.; Overstreet, R. M. (2014). Molecular characterization of two opecoelid trematodes from fishes in the Gulf of Mexico, with a description of a new species of Helicometra. Acta Parasitologica. 59(3): 405-412.
[9]
Blend, C. K.; Dronen, N. O. (2015). A review of the genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) with a key to species including Helicometra overstreeti n. sp. from the cusk-eel Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity. 45(2): 183-270.
[10]
Zdzitowiecki, K. (1998). Helicometra pisanoae sp. n.[Digenea, Opecoelidae], a parasite of a fish, Trematomus hansoni, in the Eastern Antarctic. Acta Parasitologica. 1(43).
[11]
Nguyen Van Ha. 2012. The description of two new species Helicometra pisodonophi sp. n. and Opecoelus haduyngoi sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from marine fishes in Ha Long bay, Vietnam. Journal of Biology, 34(2), 133-138.
[12]
Schell, S. C. (1973). Three new species of digenetic trematodes from Puget Sound fishes. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 40: 227-230.
[13]
Aken’Ova, T. O. L.; Cribb, T. H.; Bray, R. A. (2005). Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian waters: problems of species identification and a description of H. sprenti n. sp. Systematic Parasitology. 63(1): 17-27.

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