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 obovata (Molin, 1859) 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

*Distomum obovatum*	Molin, 1859	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	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	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	Born-Torrijos, A.; Kostadinova, A.; Raga, J. A.; Holzer, A. S. (2012). Molecular and morphological identification of larval opecoelids (Digenea: Opecoelidae) parasitising prosobranch snails in a Western Mediterranean lagoon. Parasitology International. 61 (3): 450–460.
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	Zedam, F.-Z.; Boukadoum, A.; Tazerouti,, F. (2024). Four Species of Digeneans (Trematoda, Opecoelidae) of the Gilthead Seabream Sparus aurata (Teleostei, Sparidae) off the Algerian Coast in the Mediterranean Sea. zoodiversity. 58(6): 527-544.
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.
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.