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

Parahemiurus Vaz & Pereira, 1930

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910) Manter, 1940

Literature

original description

Vaz, Z., Pereira, C. (1930). Nouvelle hemiuride parasite de Sardinella aurita Cuv. et Val., Parahemiurus n. g. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Societe de Biologie. 103: 1315-1317.

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

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

additional source

Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes. I. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 5: 249-541.

additional source

Bray, R.A. (1990) A review of the genus Parahemiurus Vaz & Pereira, 1930 (Digenea: Hemiuridae). Systematic Parasitology 15: 1-21.

additional source

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.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. Osnovy Trematodologii. 9, 225–653. (In Russian).

identification resource

Bray, R.A. (1990) A review of the genus Parahemiurus Vaz & Pereira, 1930 (Digenea: Hemiuridae). Systematic Parasitology 15: 1-21.

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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Parahemiurus Vaz & Pereira, 1930. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108762

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish

Importance

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2019-12-17 by Rod Bray

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