Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Diplostomida > Suborder Diplostomata > Superfamily Schistosomatoidea > Family Aporocotylidae > Genus Skoulekia

Skoulekia meningialis Alama-Bermejo, Montero, Raga & Holzer, 2011

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

*Skoulekia*	Alama-Bermejo, Montero, Raga & Holzer, 2011	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Alama-Bermejo, G.; Montero, F.E.; Raga, J.A.; Holzer, A.S. (2011). Skoulekia meningialis n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) a parasite surrounding the brain of the Mediterranean common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Teleostei: Sparidae): Description, molecular phylogeny, habitat and pathology. Parasitology International, 60(1), 34–44.
redescription	Palacios-Abella, J. F.; Georgieva, S.; Mele, S.; Raga, J. A.; Isbert, W.; Kostadinova, A.; Montero, F. E. (2017). Skoulekia erythrini n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae): a parasite of Pagellus erythrinus (L.) (Perciformes: Sparidae) from the western Mediterranean with an amendment of the generic diagnosis. Systematic Parasitology.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Skoulekia meningialis Alama-Bermejo, Montero, Raga & Holzer, 2011. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=725813