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 maamouriae Antar, Georgieva, Gargouri & Kostadinova, 2015

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macvicaria*	Gibson & Bray, 1982	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Antar, R., Georgieva, S., Gargouri, L. & Kostadinova, A. (2015). Molecular evidence for the existence of species complexes within Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in the western Mediterranean, with descriptions of two new species. Systematic Parasitology. 91: 211–229.
additional 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.
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.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Macvicaria maamouriae Antar, Georgieva, Gargouri & Kostadinova, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=849736