Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Bucephalata > Superfamily Bucephaloidea > Family Bucephalidae > Subfamily Prosorhynchinae > Genus Muraenicola

Muraenicola mediterraneus (Bartoli, Oversteet & Gibson, 2003) Nolan & Cribb, 2010

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Muraenicola*	Nolan & Cribb, 2010	accepted genus name
*Folliculovarium*	Gu & Shen, 1983	synonym

Species group names

*Folliculovarium mediterraneum*	Bartoli, Overstreet & Gibson, 2003	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
new combination reference	Nolan, M. J.; Cribb, T. H. (2010). Two new species of flukes (Digenea: Bucephalidae: Prosorhynchinae) from the Western Moray Gymnothorax woodwardi (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from off Western Australia, with replacement of the pre-occupied generic name Folliculovarium Gu & Shen, 1983. Systematic Parasitology. 76(2): 81-92.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Muraenicola mediterraneus (Bartoli, Oversteet & Gibson, 2003) Nolan & Cribb, 2010. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=109158