Helicometrina

{{Short description|Genus of flukes}} {{automatic taxobox |taxon = Helicometrina |authority = Linton, 1910<ref name=I>Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. ''Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication'', 133, 11–98.</ref> }} '''''Helicometrina''''' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

==Species== *''Helicometrina execta'' (Linton, 1910) Overstreet, 1969<ref name=I/><ref name=II>Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. ''Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany'', 15(4), 119–176.</ref> *''Helicometrina indica'' Dhanumkumari, 1999<ref name=III>Dhanumkumari, C. (1999). On a new species of the genus ''Helicometrina'' Linton, 1910 from brackishwater fishes of Visakhapatnam, India. ''Rivista di Parassitologia'', 16(2), 147–152.</ref> *''Helicometrina labrisomi'' Oliva, Valdivia, Chavez, Molina & Cárdenas, 2015<ref name=IV>Oliva, M., Valdivia, I., Chavez, R., Molina, H. & Cárdenas, L. (2015). Molecular and morphological evidence demonstrating two species of ''Helicometrina'' Linton, 1910 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in northern Chile. ''The Journal of Parasitology'', 101(6), 694–700.</ref> *''Helicometrina mirzai'' Siddiqi & Cable, 1960<ref name=V>Siddiqi, A. H. & Cable, R. M. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Puerto Rico. ''Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands'', 17, 257–369.</ref> *''Helicometrina nimia'' Linton, 1910<ref name=I/> *''Helicometrina otolithi'' Bilqees, 1972<ref name=VI>Bilqees, F. M. (1972). Marine fish trematodes of West Pakistan. VIII. Description of thirteen new species including a new genus ''Pseudocoitocaecum'' from fishes of Karachi coast. In Bilqees, F., Saeed, R., Rehana, R., Khatoon, A. & Kaikabad, S. (Eds.), ''Helminth Parasites of Some Vertebrates Chiefly from Fishes of West Pakistan'' (pp. 1–40). Karachi: Agricultural Research Council, Government of Pakistan.</ref> *''Helicometrina plectorhynchii'' Jehan, 1973<ref name=VII>Jehan, I. (1973). A new species of ''Helicometrina'' (Trematoda: subfamily Allocreadinae). ''Zoological Survey of Pakistan'', 5, 45–47.</ref> *''Helicometrina qatarensis'' Saoud, Ramadan & Al-Kawari, 1988<ref name=VIII>Saoud, M. F., Ramadan, M. M. & Al-Kawari, K. S. (1988). Helminth parasites of fishes from the Arabian Gulf. 5. On ''Helicometrina qatarensis'' n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and ''Stephanostomum nagatyi'' n. sp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae); parasites of ''Epinephelus'' spp. from Qatari waters. ''Qatar University Science Bulletin'', 8, 173–185.</ref> *''Helicometrina quadrorchis'' Manter & Pritchard, 1960<ref name=IX>Manter, H. W. & Pritchard, M. H. (1960). Some digenetic trematodes of eels of Hawaii. ''The Journal of Parasitology'', 46, 651–658.</ref> *''Helicometrina scomberi'' Gupta & Jahan, 1977<ref name=X>Gupta, V. & Jahan, A. (1977). On some trematodes of marine fishes of Puri. ''Indian Journal of Helminthology'', 27, 46–61.</ref> *''Helicometrina unica'' Gupta & Puri, 1985<ref name=XI>Gupta, V. & Puri, M. (1986). On some trematode parasites from marine fishes of Puri, Orissa. ''Indian Journal of Helminthology'', 37(1), 49–62.</ref>

==Species later synonymised with species of ''Helicometrina''== *''Helicometrina execta'' (Linton, 1910) Overstreet, 1969<ref name=I/><ref name=II/> **''Helicometra execta'' Linton, 1910<ref name=I/> **''Helicometrina parva'' Manter, 1933<ref name=XII>Manter, H. W. (1933). The genus ''Helicometra'' and related trematodes from Tortugas, Florida. ''Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington'', 435, 167–182.</ref> **''Helicometrina trachinoti'' Siddiqi & Cable, 1960<ref name=V/> *''Helicometrina nimia'' Linton, 1910<ref name=I/> **''Helicometrina chilomycteri'' Bilqees, 1976<ref name=XIII>Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the Karachi coast. ''Norwegian Journal of Zoology'', 24, 33–36.</ref> **''Helicometrina delicatulus'' Bilqees, 1972<ref name=VI/> **''Helicometrina elongata'' Noble & Park, 1937<ref name=XIV>Noble, A. E. & Park, J. T. (1937). ''Helicometrina elongata'' n. sp. from the gobiesocid fish ''Caularchus meandricus'', with an emended diagnosis of the trematode genus ''Helicometrina''. ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'', 56, 344–347.</ref> **''Helicometrina hexorchis'' Gupta & Sehgal, 1970<ref name=XV>Gupta, N. K. & Sehgal, S. K. (1970). Studies on some hemiurid trematodes from marine fishes of India. ''Research Bulletin of the Panjab University, Science'', 21, 337–341.</ref> **''Helicometrina karachiensis'' Bilqees, 1972<ref name=VI/> **''Helicometrina orientalis'' Srivastava, 1936<ref name=XVI>Srivastava, H. D. (1936). New allocreadiids (Trematoda) from Indian marine fishes. Part I. New parasites of the genus ''Helicometrina'' Linton, 1910. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India'', 6, 179–185.</ref> **''Helicometrina septorchis'' Srivastava, 1936<ref name=XVI/>

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Category:Opecoelidae Category:Plagiorchiida genera