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 Opistholebetinae > Genus Macvicaria

Macvicaria crassigula (Linton, 1910) Bartoli, Bray & Gibson, 1989

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macvicaria*	Gibson & Bray, 1982	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lebouria crassigula*	Linton, 1910	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	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.
additional source	Antar, R., Gargouri Ben Abdallah, L. (2013). Trematodes in fishes of the genus Diplodus (Teleostei, Sparidae) from Bizerte Lagoon (Northern coast of Tunisia). Bulletin of the European Association of fish Pathologists. 33: 44–52.
additional source	Jousson, O., Bartoli, P., Pawlowski, J. (2000). Cryptic speciation among intestinal parasites (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting sympatric host fishes (Sparidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13 (5): 778–785.
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	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	Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. CNPq, FIOCRUZ. 318 pp.
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	Bartoli, P.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (1989). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. III. Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982. Systematic Parasitology. 13(3): 167-192.
redescription	Fernandes, B. M. M., Goulart, M. B. (1992). First report of the genera Macvicaria Gibson, & Bray, 1982, Pachycreadium Manter, 1954 and Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Trematoda: Digenea), in Brazilian marine fishes. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 87 (suppl. 1): 101–104.
redescription	Machida, M. (2014). Seven Species of Opecoelid Digeneans (Trematoda) from Fishes of Southern Japan, Palau and the Philippines. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ser. A,. 40(1), 1-3.
new combination reference	Bartoli, P.; Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I. (1989). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. III. Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982. Systematic Parasitology. 13(3): 167-192.
taxonomy source	Rima, M.; Marzoug, D.; Pérez-del-Olmo, A.; Kostadinova, A.; Bouderbala, M.; Georgieva, S. (2017). New molecular and morphological data for opecoelid digeneans in two Mediterranean sparid fishes with descriptions of Macvicaria gibsoni n. sp. and M. crassigula (Linton, 1910) (sensu stricto). Systematic Parasitology.
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.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Macvicaria crassigula (Linton, 1910) Bartoli, Bray & Gibson, 1989. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108884