''Hamacreadium'' is a
genus
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of
trematodes in the
family
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Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.
[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.] Species of ''Hamacreadium'' are
endoparasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...
in fish such as ''
Lethrinus
''Lethrinus'' is a genus of emperors found from the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Lethrinus amboinensis'' Bleeker, 1854 (Ambon ...
'' Cuvier, 1829.
[Cuvier, G. (1829). ''Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée''. Paris: Chez Déterville.]
Species
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Hamacreadium cribbi
''Hamacreadium cribbi'' is a species of digenean, parasitic in the lethrinid fish ''Lethrinus miniatus''. The species was collected off New Caledonia.
Morphology
''H. cribbi'' is characterised by the size of its eggs which tend to be larger 2â ...
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Bray & Justine, 2016[ ]
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Hamacreadium hainanense
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
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Shen, 1990[Shen, J. W. (1990). ''Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Hainan Island''. Beijing: Science Press.]
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Hamacreadium interruptum''
Nagaty, 1941[Nagaty, H. F. (1941). Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea. Part 2. The genus ''Hamacreadium'' Linton, 1910 (Fam. Allocreadiidae) with a description of two new species. ''Journal of Research of the Egyptian Medical Association'', 24(7), 300–310.]
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Hamacreadium lethrini
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
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Yamaguti, 1934[Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes. I. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 5, 249–541.]
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Hamacreadium longivesiculum
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
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( Yamaguti, 1952) Martin, Cutmore, Ward & Cribb, 2017[Yamaguti, S. (1952). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. ''Acta Medicinae Okayama'', 8(2), 146–198.][Martin, S., Cutmore, S., Ward, S. & Cribb, T. (2017). An updated concept and revised composition for ''Hamacreadium'' Linton, 1910 (Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) clarifies a previously obscured pattern of host-specificity among species. ''Zootaxa'', 4254(2), 151–187.]
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Hamacreadium lutiani
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
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(Shen, 1990) Martin, Cutmore, Ward & Cribb, 2017[
*'']Hamacreadium morgani
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
'' Baz, 1946[Baz, I. I. (1946). A fish trematode of the genus ''Hamacreadium'' Linton, 1910 (F. Allocreadiidae). ''Journal of the Egyptian Medical Association'', 29, 55–61.]
*''Hamacreadium mutabile
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the ...
'' Linton, 1910[
*'']Hamacreadium phyllorchis
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of Trematoda, trematodes in the Family (biology), family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new spe ...
'' (Bilqees, 1976) Cribb, 2005[Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In Bray, R., Gibson, D. & Jones, A. (Eds.), ''Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2'' (pp. 443–531). London: CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum.]
Species synonymised with species of ''Hamacreadium''
*''Hamacreadium hainanense'' Shen, 1990[
**''Maculifer spiralis'' Soota, Srivastava & Ghosh, 1970][Soota, T. D., Srivastava, C. B. & Ghosh, R. K. (1970). Studies on the helminth fauna of the Great Nicobar Island. Part I. Trematoda. ''Proceedings of the 56th Indian Science Congress'', 3, 503–504.]
*''Hamacreadium interruptum'' Nagaty, 1941[
**''Hamacreadium interruptus'' Nagaty, 1941][
*''Hamacreadium longivesiculum'' ( Yamaguti, 1952)][
**''Plagioporus longivesicula'' Yamaguti, 1952][
*''Hamacreadium lutiani'' (Shen, 1990) Martin, Cutmore, Ward & Cribb, 2017][
**''Podocotyle lutiani'' Shen, 1990][
*''Hamacreadium morgani'' Baz, 1946][
**''Hamacreadium agyptia'' Abdou, Heckmann, Beltagy & Ashour, 2001][Abdou, N. L., Heckmann, R. A., Beltagy, S. M. & Ashour, A. A. (2001). ''Pseudoplagioporus interruptus'' Durio and Manter, 1968 and ''Hamacreadium agyptia'' sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoeliidae) from the Red Sea Fish in Egypt. ''Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Marine Science'', 12, 175–188.]
**''Hamacreadium balistesi'' Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962[Nagaty, H. F. & Abdel-Aal, T. M. (1962). Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea, part 19. On three new species of ''Podocotyle'' (Family Allocreadiidae). ''Journal of Parasitology'', 48(5), 746–747.]
**''Hamacreadium egyptia'' Abdou, Heckmann, Beltagy & Ashour, 2001[
**''Hamacreadium lenthrium'' Manter, 1963][Manter, H. W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. III. Families Acanthocolpidae, Fellodistomatidae, and Cryptogonimidae. ''Journal of Parasitology'', 49(3), 443–450.]
**''Hamacreadium lethrini'' Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962[
**''Hamacreadium nagatyi'' Lamothe-Argumedo, 1962][Lamothe-Argumedo, R. (1962). Redescripcion de dos trematodos digeneos de peces del Pacifico Mexicano. ''Anales del Instituto de BiologÃa, Universidad de México'', 33, 97–111.]
**''Hamacreadium nebulosae'' Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962[
*''Hamacreadium mutabile'' Linton, 1910][
**''Hamacreadium indicum'' Gupta & Tewari, 1985][Gupta, V. & Tewari, M. (1985). Trematode parasites of marine fishes. I. On a new species ''Hamacreadium indicum'' n. sp. (Allocreadiidae Stossich, 1903) from a marine fish ''Chirocentrus dorab'' (Ruppell) from Madras. ''Indian Journal of Helminthology'', 36(1), 40–44.]
*''Hamacreadium phyllorchis'' (Bilqees, 1976)[
**''Hamacreadium heterorchis'' (Bilqees, 1976) Cribb, 2005][
**''Olivacreadium heterorchis'' Biqees, 1976][
**''Olivacreadium phyllorchis'' Bilqees, 1976][
]
References
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Opecoelidae
Plagiorchiida genera