Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Apocreadiata > Superfamily Apocreadioidea > Family Megaperidae

Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Homalometron Stafford, 1904

Literature

original description

Skrjabin, K. I. (1942). Foundation of a new trematode family, Megasolenidae fam. nov., in connexion with an analysis of the taxonomic significance of the lymphatic system and the hermaphrodite bursa. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 35: 58-60 (In Russian).

status source

Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2017). Revision of the Megaperidae Manter, 1934 n. comb. (Syn. Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) including a reorganization of the Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942. Zootaxa. 4358(1): 1.

identification resource

Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (eds). Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2. Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, 621-639.

identification resource

Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2017). Revision of the Megaperidae Manter, 1934 n. comb. (Syn. Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) including a reorganization of the Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942. Zootaxa. 4358(1): 1.

identification resource

Skrjabin, K. I. (1959). Family Schistorchidae Yamaguti, 1942. Osnovy Trematodologii. 16, 14–51. (In Russian).

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724952

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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Last modified

2023-05-13 by David Gibson

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