Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Hemiuridae > Subfamily Hemiurinae > Genus Parahemiurus

Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910) Manter, 1940

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parahemiurus*	Vaz & Pereira, 1930	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hemiurus merus*	Linton, 1910	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	Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Fischthal, J. H.; Thomas, J. D. (1971). Some hemiurid trematodes of marine fishes from Ghana. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 38 (2): 181-189.
additional source	Fernandes, B. M. M.; Arci, A. D. N.; Cohen, S. C. (2009). New data on some species of Monogenea and Digenea parasites of marine fish from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária. 18 (02): 13–18.
additional source	Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp.
additional source	Fischthal, J. H.; Thomas, J. D. (1972). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. 34A: 292-322.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. American Midland Naturalist. 38, 257–416.
additional source	Romero, M., Galeano, M. L. (1981). Contribucion al conocimiento de parasitos de peces de la Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta (familias Hemiuridae y Allocreadiidae: Trematoda Digenea). Lozania. Supplement 34: 5–8.
additional source	Szuks, H. (1981). Beitrag zur Hemiuridenfauna (Trematoda:Digenea) der nordwestafrikanischen Kiastengewasser. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Padagogischen Hochschule "Lisselotte Hermann' Giistrow. 2, 179-191.
additional source	Mamaev, Y. L., Parukhin, A. M., Baeva, O. M. (1963). [Parasitic worms of Pleuronectidae from the Far Eastern Seas]. In. [Parasitic worms of animals of the Primorye region and the Pacific Ocean]. (pp. 82–113. (In Russian)). Moscow: Akad. Nauk SSSR.
additional source	Castillo-Sánchez, E., Rosales-Casián, J.,A., Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (1998). Helminth parasites of Paralichthys californicus (Osteichthyes: Paralichthydae) in Estero de Punta Banda, Todos Santos Bay and San Quintín Bay, Baja California, Mexico. Ciencias Marinas. 24: 443–462.
additional source	Claxton, A. T.; Fuehring, A. D.; Andres, M. J.; Moncrief, T. D.; Curran, S. S. (2017). Parasites of the Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens (Cuvier), from the Western Atlantic Ocean. Comparative Parasitology. 84(1): 1-14.
additional source	Sogandares-Bernal, F., Hutton, R. F. (1959). Studies on helminth parasites of the coast of Florida. I. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Tampa and Boca Ciega Bays with descriptions of two new species. 1. Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean. 9, 53–68.
additional source	Rees, G. (1970). Some helminth parasites of fishes of Bermuda and an account of the attachment organ of Alcicornis carangis MacCallum, 1917 (Digenea: Bucephalidae). Parasitology, 60: 195-221
additional source	Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany. 15, 119-176.
additional source	Parukhin, A. M. (1968). Helminthofauna of fishes of South Atlantic. [NB For host list for this paper see Parukhin (1966, pp. 219–222]. Biologiya Morya, Kiev. 14, 96–113. (In Russian).
redescription	Gupta, N. K., Sehgal, S. K. (1970). Studies on some hemiurid trematodes from marine food fishes in India. Research Bulletin of the Panjab University (Science). 21: 227–239.
redescription	Braicovich, P.; Etchegoin, J.; Timi, J. (2009). Digenetic trematodes of the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis Quoy et Gaimard, 1825 (Percophidae, Perciformes), from Argentinean and Uruguayan waters. Acta Parasitologica. 54 (4): 368–373.
redescription	Ndiaye, P. I.; Bakhoum, A. J.; Sène, A.; Miquel, J. (2013). Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Parahemiurus merus (Linton, 1910) (Digenea: Hemiuroidea: Hemiuridae), a parasite of Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847 and S. maderensis (Lowe, 1838) (Teleostei: Clupeidae) in the Senegalese coast. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 252 (4): 572–578.
redescription	Machida, M.; Kuramochi, T. (2003). Digenean Trematodes from Clupeid Fishes of the Genus Amblygaster of Japan and the Neighboring Waters. Bulletin of the National Science Museum. Series A, Zoology. 29(1), 1-6.
redescription	Marzoug, D.; Boutiba, Z.; Gibson, D. I.; Pérez-del-Olmo, A.; Kostadinova, A. (2012). Descriptions of digeneans from Sardina pilchardus (Walbaum) (Clupeidae) off the Algerian coast of the western Mediterranean, with a complete list of its helminth parasites. Systematic Parasitology. 81 (3): 169–186.
redescription	Kohn, A., Macedo, B., Fernandes, B. M. M. (1982). About some trematodes parasites of Haemulon sciurus (Shaw,1803). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 77(2): 153–157.
redescription	Florencia, A. M., Silvia E, G., Carla B, S., Noelia, G., Melisa, P., Javier, M., Javier, S., Roman, U., Daniel, T. (2011). Digeneos parásitos de Porichthys porosissimus (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) en el estuario de Bahía Blanca. BioScriba. 4 (1): 26–37.
redescription	León-Règagnon, V., Pérez-Ponce de León, G., Lamothe-Argumedo, R. (1997). Hemiuriformes de peces marinos de la Bahia de Chamela, Mexico, con la descripcion de una nueva especie del genero Hysterolecitha (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Lecithasterinae). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Series Zoología). 66 (1): 1-34.
redescription	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(3): 257-369.
redescription	Pantoja, C.; Kudlai, O. (2022). Hemiurid Trematodes (Digenea: Hemiuridae) from Marine Fishes off the Coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Novel Molecular Data. Animals. 12(23): 3355.
redescription	de Fabio, S. P. (1989). Sobre tres Hemiuridae parasitos de peixes do littoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Trematoda, Digenea). Arquivos da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. 11: 45–49.
redescription	Travassos, L., Teixeira de Freitas, J. F., Bührnheim, P. F. (1967). Relatorio da excursao do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ao Estado do Espirito Santo em novembro de 1964. Bol. Mus. Biol.Mello Leitai, Zoologia. 31: 1-54.
redescription	Lozano, C., Ubeda, J. M., De Rojas, M., Ariza, C., Guevara, D. C. (2001). Estudio de digénidos de peces marinos del sur de la Península Ibérica. Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 61: 103–116.
redescription	Gomes, D. C., Fabio, S. P. de, Rolas, J. T.-S. (1972). Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos parasitos de peixes do litoral do Estudo da Guanabara - Parte 1. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 70 (4): 541-553.
redescription	Wallet, M., Kohn, A. (1987). Trématodes parasites de poissons marins du littoral de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 82 (1): 21–27.
redescription	Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 2, 325-497.
redescription	Bray, R.A. (1990) A review of the genus Parahemiurus Vaz & Pereira, 1930 (Digenea: Hemiuridae). Systematic Parasitology 15: 1-21.
redescription	Timi, J. T., Martorelli, S. R., & Sardella, N. H. (1999). Digenetic trematodes parasitic on Engraulis anchoita (Pisces: Engraulidae) from Argentina and Uruguay. Folia parasitologica. 46(2): 132-138.
redescription	Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. K. (1954). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954. First part. Osnovy Trematodologii. 9, 225–653. (In Russian).
redescription	Williams, E.H., Jr. & L. Bunkley-Williams. (1996). Parasites of offshore big game fishes of Puerto Rico and the western Atlantic. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources & University of Puerto Rico, San Juan & Mayaguez 382pp.
redescription	Almeida, F. de M.; Barquete, V.; Pereira, J. (2009). Progenetic metacercariae of Parahemiurus merus (Platyhelminthes, 587 Digenea, Hemiurudae) infecting Parasagitta friderici (Chaetognatha) from southern coast Brazil. Atlântica, Rio Grande. 31 (1): 35–38.
new combination reference	Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 2, 325-497.
biology source	Moser, M. & J. Hsieh. (1992). Biological tags for stock separation in Pacific herring Clupea harangues pallasI in California. Journal of Parasitology. 78 (1): 54–60.
biology source	Moser, M. (1991). Biological tags for stock separation in Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes) and the possible effect of 'El Nino' currents on parasitism. Alaska Sea Grant Report. 245–254.