Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Bunocotylidae > Subfamily Bunocotylinae

Saturnius Manter, 1969

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Saturnius dimitrovi Blasco-Costa, Pankov, Gibson, Balbuena, Raga, Sarabeev & Kostadinova, 2006
Saturnius gibsoni Marzoug, Rima, Boutiba, Georgieva, Kostadinova & Pérez-del-Olmo, 2014
Saturnius minutus Blasco-Costa, Pankov, Gibson, Balbuena, Raga, Sarabeev & Kostadinova, 2006
Saturnius papernai Overstreet, 1977

Literature

original description

Manter, H. W. (1969). Three new genera of hemiurid trematodes from Australian fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 26: 787–792.

basis of record

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

additional source

Blasco-Costa, I.; Montero, F. E.; Gibson, D. I.; Balbuena, J. A.; Raga, J. A.; Shvetsova, L. S.; Kostadinova, A. (2008). A revision of the species of Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Digenea: Hemiuridae), parasites of mullets (Teleostei: Mugilidae). Systematic Parasitology. 71(1): 53-74.

taxonomy source

Overstreet, R. M. (1977). A revision of Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) with descriptions of two new species from the striped mullet. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales. 4: 273-284.

identification resource

Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146.

identification resource

Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340.

identification resource

Dimitrov, G. I., Arapoglou, F. K., Georgiev, B. B. (1998). First record of Saturnius papernai Overstreet, 1977 in the Black Sea, with a review of the genus Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Digenea, Bunocotylidae). Systematic Parasitology. 40: 43–48.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Saturnius Manter, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108764

Dr. David Gibson. Saturnius Manter, 1969. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c1a8b9e7-6107-4883-abc1-209f93df3be0

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2019-09-09 by Dr. David Gibson & by Rod Bray

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