Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Opecoeloidea > Family Opecoelidae > Subfamily Helicometrinae > Genus Helicometra

Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1902

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helicometra*	Odhner, 1902	accepted genus name
*Loborchis*	Stossich, 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Distoma fasciata*	Rudolphi, 1819	objective synonym
*Distoma fasciatum*	Rudolphi, 1819	synonym
*Helicometra flava*	Stossich, 1903	synonym
*Helicometra labri*	(Stossich, 1886) Issaitschikov, 1928	synonym
*Helicometra markewitschi*	Pogorel'tseva, 1954	synonym
*Helicometra mutabilis*	(Stossich, 1902) Stossich, 1903	synonym
*Helicometra sinuata*	(Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1902	synonym
*Loborchis mutabilis*	Stossich, 1902	synonym

Literature

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	Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. CNPq, FIOCRUZ. 318 pp.
additional source	Paradiznik, V. (1991). Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1902, Trematoda, Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925, of large-scaled, Lepidotrigla aspera GTHR., from North Adriatic. Zbornik Veterinarske Fakultete Univerza Ljubljana. 28 (1): 77–78.
additional source	Gargouri Ben Abdallah, L., Elbohli, S., Maamouri, F. (2010). Digenean diversity in labrid fish from the Bay of Bizerte in Tunisia. Journal of Helminthology. 84: 27–33.
additional source	Chero, J., Iannacone, J., Cruces, C., Saez, G., Alvarino, L. (2014). Community of metazoan parasites of corvina drum Cilus gilberti (Abbott, 1899) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in the coastal zone of Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. Neotropical Helminthology. 8 (1): 163–182.
additional source	Naidenova, N.N. (1974). Parazitofauna ryb semeystva bychkovykh Chernogo i Azovskogo morey. [Parasitofauna of fishes of the Family Gobiidae of the Black Sea and of the Sea of Asov. ]. Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSSR, Alexander Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Kiev. 182 pp.
additional source	Manter, H. W. (1933). The genus Helicometra and related trematodes from Tortugas, Florida. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington. 435, 167-182.
additional source	Jousson, O.; Bartoli, P.; Pawlowski, J. (1999). Molecular identification of developmental stages in Opecoelidae (Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 29: 1853–1858.
additional source	Levron, C., Ternengo, S., Marchand, B. (2003). Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis and the spermatozoon of Helicometra fasciata (Digenea, Opecoelidae), a parasite of Labrus merula (Pisces, Teleostei). Acta Parasitologica. 48: 255–264.
additional source	Tepe, Y.; Oğuz, M. C.; Heckmann, R. A. (2014). Digenean and cestode parasites of teleost fish from the Eastern Black Sea Region. Turkish Journal of Zoology. 38: 209–215.
additional source	Luque, J., Oliva, M. (1993). Trematodes of marine fishes from the Peruvian faunistic province (Perú and Chile), with description of Lecithochirium callaoensis n. sp. and new records. Revista de Biologia Marina. 28(2): 271-286.
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additional source	González, M. T.; Henríquez, V.; López, Z. (2013). Variations in the fecundity and body size of digenean (Opecoelidae) species parasitizing fishes from Northern Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía. 48 (3): 421–429.
additional source	Fischthal, J. H.; Thomas, J. D. (1972). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. 34A: 292-322.
additional source	Oliva, M. E., Muñoz, M. A. (1985). Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) y Helicometrina nimia Linton, 1910 (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) en peces marinos de la II Región, Chile. Parasitología al Día. 9: 107–111.
additional source	Katokhin, A. V., Kornyychuk, Y. M. (2020). Genotyping of Black Sea trematodes of the family Opecoelidae by mitochondrial markers. Marine Biological Journal. 5 (4): 15–27. (In Russian).
additional source	Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. Natura Montenegrina. 13 (1):7–280.
additional source	Belofastova, I. P., Matschekevsky, V. K., Pronkina, N. V. (2004). Parasite fauna of Black Sea Lipophrys pavo under anthropogenic factors. Ekologiya Morya. 66: 12–16. (In Russian).
additional source	Akmirza, A. (2013). Digenean trematodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, the Aegean Sea, Turkey. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. 19 (3): 283–˗298.
additional source	Parukhin, A. M. (1968). Helminthofauna of fishes of South Atlantic. [NB For host list for this paper see Parukhin (1966, pp. 219–222]. Biologiya Morya, Kiev. 14, 96–113. (In Russian).
additional source	Lozano, C., Ubeda, J. M., de Rojas, M., Ariza, C., Guevara, D. C. (2002). Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea) parasites of marine fishes from southern Iberian Peninsula coasts. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural Seccion Biologica. 97 (1-4): 27–32.
redescription	Lopez-Roman, R., Guevara Pozo, D. (1977). Some Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from teleosts of the Alboran Sea. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales. 4: 223–231.
redescription	Palombi, A. (1934). Gli stadi larvali dei Trematodi del Golfo di Napoli. i. Contributo allo Studio della morfologia, biologia e sistematica delle cercarie marine. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli. 14: 51–94.
redescription	Palombi, A. (1931). Il polimorfismo nei Trematodi. Ricerche sperimentali su Helicometra fasciata (Rud.) [Helicometra fasciata (Rud.) = H. pulchella (Rud.) = H. sinuata (Rud.)]. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università di Napoli. 6 (5): 1–8.
redescription	Kornyychuk, Y. M. (2023). Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819) complex from new fish host in the Back Sea, the broadnosed pipefish Syngnathus typhlelinnaeus, 1758, with notes on biology of this trematode species. Parazitologiya. 57, № 6, 498–503.
redescription	Osmanov, S. O. (1940). Материалы к паразитофауне рыб Черного моря (Materials on the parasite fauna of the Black Sea fishes; Materialy k parazitofaune ryb Chernogo Morya). Ученые Записки Ленинградского педагогического института им. А. И. Герцена, Каф. Зоологии и Дарвинизма (Uchenye Zapiski, Leningradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Instituta imeni Gertsena, Kafedra Zoologii i Darvinizma; Proceedings of A.I. Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute, Department of Zoology and Darwinism). 30-187-265.
redescription	Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H. (1989). Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History. 23(2): 429-473.
redescription	Korniychuk, Y. M. (2008). Annual dynamics of abundance, length and age frequency of Helicometra fasciata (Rud., 1819) maritae in the Black Sea coastal zone. Morskyi Ekolohichnyi Zhurnal. 7: 54–58. (In Russian).
redescription	Palombi, A. (1929). Ricerche sul ciclo evolutivo di Helicometra fasciata (Rud.). Revisione delle specie del genere Helicometra Odhner. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli. 9 (2): 237–292.
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redescription	Mathias, P. (1934). Sur quelques trématodes de poissons marins de la région de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 75: 567–581.
redescription	Oguz, M.C., Bray, R.A. (2006). Digenetic trematodes of some teleost fish off the Mudanya Coast (Sea of Marmara, Bursa, Turkey). Helminthologia. 43, 161-167.
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redescription	Nikolaeva, V. M., Solonchenko, A. I. (1970). The helminth fauna of some benthopelagic fish in the Black Sea. Biologiya Morya, Kiev. 20: 129-166. (In Russian).
redescription	Bray, R. A. (1987). Some helminth parasites of marine fishes of south Africa: family Opecoelidae (Digenea). Journal of Natural History. 21(4): 1049-1075.
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redescription	Radujković, B.M., Orecchia, P., Paggi, L. (1989). Parasites des poissons marin du Montenegro: digènes. Acta Adriatica. 30(1-2): 137-187.
redescription	Parukhin, A. M. (1970). On the study of trematode fauna in fish from the Red Sea and Aden Bay. Biologiya Morya, Kiev. 20: 187–213. (In Russian).
redescription	Dawes, B. (1947). The Trematoda of British Fishes. Ray Society, London. 364 pp.
redescription	Korniychuk, Y. M. (2008). Parthenogenetic generations of Helicometra fasciata Rud., 1819 (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) in the Black Sea molluscs Gibbula adriatica. Parazitologiia. 42 (1): 41–52. (In Russian).
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redescription	Crowcroft, P. W. (1947). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1946, 5-25.
redescription	Skrjabin, K. I., Koval, V. P. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies: Coitocaecinae Poche, 1925; Plagioporinae Manter, 1947. Osnovy Trematodologii. 15, 329–818. (In Russian).
redescription	Hopkins, S. H. (1941). The excretory systems of Helicometra and Cymbephallus (Trematoda), with remarks on their relationships. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 60 (1): 41–44.
redescription	Dolgikh, A. V., Naidenova, N. N. (1968). On the fauna of helminths of Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (L.) from the Black Sea. Parazitologiya. 2: 448–453. (In Russian).
redescription	Korniychuk, J. M. (1999). Phenotypic hostal differentiation of Helicometra fasciata (Rud., 1891) maritae. Ekologiya Morya. 49: 44–48. (In Russian).
redescription	Janiszewska, J. (1953). Some Adriatic Sea fish trematodes. Zoologica Poloniae. 6, 20–48.
redescription	Gaevskaya, A.V., 2002. New data on trematodes of the families Opecoelidae and Accacoelidae Accacoeliidae from fishes in Atlantic Ocean and its seas. Parazitologiya (St. Petersbg.) 36, 219-223.
new combination reference	Odhner, T. (1902). Mitteilungen zur Kentniss der Distomen. 2. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten. 31(4): 152-162.
taxonomy source	Paniagua, E.; Vilas, R.; Sanmartín, M.; Santamarina, M.; Leiro, J.; Ubeira, F. (1999). Characterization by enzyme electrophoresis of specimens of the genus Helicometra (Trematoda, Opecoelidae) from fish caught off the coast of Northwest Spain. Parasite. 6 (1): 89–91.
taxonomy source	Reversat, J.; Maillard, C.; Silan, P. (1991). Polymorphismes phenotypique et enzymatique: interet et limites dans la description d'especes d'Helicometra (Trematoda: Opecoelidae), mesoparasites de teleosteens marins. Systematic Parasitology. 19 (2): 147–158.
biology source	Reversat, J.; Silan, P. (1991). Comparative population biology of digenes and their first intermediate host mollusc : the case of three Helicometra (Trematoda : Opecoelidae) endoparasites of marine prosobranchs (Gastropoda). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 66 (5): 219–225.
biology source	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). Synopsis of the life cycles of Digenea (Platyhelminthes) from lagoons of the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Journal of Natural History. 41 (25-28): 1553–1570.
biology source	Korniychuk, Y. M. (2008). Seasonal dynamics of abundance and qualitative composition of trematode, Helicometra fasciata, metacercaria hemipopulation in coastal biocenosys biocoenosis of southwestern Crimea. Ekologiya Morya. 75: 9–15. (In Russian).
biology source	Korniychuk, Y. M. (2017). Polyhostal helminthes: How to make a quantitative estimation of their final host significance. Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii. 78 (6): 3–15.
biology source	Santos, M.; Eiras, J. (1995). A seasonal study on the parasitization of Lipophrys pholis (Pisces: Blenniidae) by Helicometra fasciata (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and Lecithochirium furcolabiatum (Digenea: Hemiuridae) in Portugal. Aquaculture. 132 (1-2): 175–181.
biology source	Reversat, J.; Silan, P. (1993). Comparative population biology of fish digenes: the case of three Helicometra (Trematoda : Opecoelidae) mesoparasites of marine teleosts in a Mediterranean lagoon. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 68 (3): 128–135.