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 mormyri (Stossich, 1885) Bartoli, Gibson & Bray, 1993

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macvicaria*	Gibson & Bray, 1982	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Distomum mormyri*	Stossich, 1885	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	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	Jousson, O.; Bartoli, P.; Pawlowski, J. (1999). Molecular identification of developmental stages in Opecoelidae (Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 29: 1853–1858.
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.
redescription	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R.A. (1993). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. VI. A redescription of Macvicaria mormyri (Stossich, 1885) n. comb. and a key to the opecoelids from western Mediterranean sparids. Systematic Parasitology. 26, 59-67.
redescription	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.
new combination reference	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R.A. (1993). The Opecoelidae (Digenea) of sparid fishes of the western Mediterranean. VI. A redescription of Macvicaria mormyri (Stossich, 1885) n. comb. and a key to the opecoelids from western Mediterranean sparids. Systematic Parasitology. 26, 59-67.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Macvicaria mormyri (Stossich, 1885) Bartoli, Gibson & Bray, 1993. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108887