''Helicometra'' is a genus of
trematodes
Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is usually a snail. The definitive host ...
in the class
Opecoelidae
Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes.Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H., Littlewood, D. Timothy J. & Waesch ...
. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera''
Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra''
Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera''
Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata''
(Rudolphi, 1819). They are distinguished by their unique spiral uterus, from which their name is derived.
Species
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Helicometra aegyptensis''
Hassanine, 2007
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Helicometra antarcticae''
Holloway & Bier, 1968
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Helicometra aposinuata''
Pritchard, 1966
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Helicometra bassensis''
Woolcock, 1935
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Helicometra borneoensis''
Fischthal & Kuntz, 1965
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Helicometra boseli''
Nagaty, 1956
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Helicometra dalianensis''
(Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)
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Helicometra dorabi''
(Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)
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Helicometra equilata''
(Manter, 1933)
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Helicometra fasciata''
(Rudolphi, 1819)
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Helicometra filamentosa''
Madhavi, 1975
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Helicometra fusiformis''
Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra gibsoni''
Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993
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Helicometra gomphosi
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Yamaguti, 1970
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Helicometra grandora''
Manter, 1954
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Helicometra hapalogenyos''
Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra indica''
Agrawal, 1964
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Helicometra insolita
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Polyanski, 1955
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Helicometra interrupta
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Hassanine, 2005
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Helicometra kyliotrema
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Pritchard, 1966
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Helicometra manteri
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Andres, Ray, Pulis, Curran & Overstreet, 2014
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Helicometra nasae
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
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Helicometra neoscorpaenae
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra overstreeti
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Blend & Dronen, 2015
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Helicometra pisanoae
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Zdzitowiecki, 1998
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Helicometra pisodonophi
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Allostenopera'' Baeva, 1968, ''Metahelicometra'' Yamaguti, 1971, and ''Stenopera'' Manter, 1933. Its type species is ''H. fasciata'' (Rudolphi, 1819). They ...
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Há, 2012
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Helicometra pleurogrammi
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae
Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. ...
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(Baeva, 1968)
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Helicometra plovmornini
''Helicometra'' is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae
Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. ...
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Issaitchikov, 1928
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Helicometra pteroisi''
(Gupta, 1956)
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Helicometra rakusai''
Zdzitowiecki, 1997
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Helicometra robinsorum''
Overstreet & Martin, 1974
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Helicometra scorpaenae''
Prudhoe & Bray, 1973
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Helicometra sebastis''
(Sekerak & Arai, 1974)
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Helicometra selaroides''
Shen, 1986
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Helicometra sinipercae''
Wang, 1982
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Helicometra sprenti''
Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2006[Aken’Ova, T. O. L.; Cribb, T. H.; Bray, R. A. (2005). ''Helicometra'' Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian waters: problems of species identification and a description of ''H. sprenti'' n. sp. ''Systematic Parasitology''. 63(1): 17-27.]
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Helicometra tenuifolia''
Woolcock, 1935
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Helicometra torta''
Linton, 1910
Species later synonymised with species of ''Helicometra''
*''Helicometra antarcticae''
Holloway & Bier, 1968
**''Neohelicometra antarcticae''
(Holloway & Bier, 1968)
*''Helicometra boseli''
Nagaty, 1956
**''Helicometra rectisaccus''
(Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964)
**''Stenopera rectisaccus''
Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964
*''Helicometra dalianensis''
(Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)
**''Neohelicometra dalianensis''
Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989
*''Helicometra dorabi''
(Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)
**''Stenopera dorabi''
Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966
*''Helicometra equilata''
(Manter, 1933)
**''Stenopera equilata''
Manter, 1933
*''Helicometra fasciata''
(Rudolphi, 1819)
**''Helicometra dochmosorchis''
Manter & Pritchard, 1960
**''Helicometra epinepheli''
Yamaguti, 1934
**''Helicometra flava''
Stossich, 1903
**''Helicometra gobii''
(Stossich, 1883)
**''Helicometra hypodytis''
Yamaguti, 1934
**''Helicometra labri''
(Stossich, 1886)
**''Helicometra markewitschi''
Pogorel'tseva, 1954
**''Helicometra marmoratae''
Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
**''Helicometra mutabilis''
(Stossich, 1902)
**''Helicometra pulchella''
(Rudolphi, 1819)
**''Helicometra scorpaenae''
Wang, 1982
**''Helicometra sinuata''
(Rudolphi, 1819)
**''Helicometra upapalu''
Yamaguti, 1970
*''Helicometra insolita''
Polyanski, 1955
**''Neohelicometra insolita''
(Polyansky, 1955)
*''Helicometra pisodonophi''
Nguyen Van Ha, 2012
**''Hamacreadium gymnomuraenae''
Shen & Li, 2000
*''Helicometra pleurogrammi''
(Baeva, 1968)
**''Allostenopera pleurogrammi''
Baeva, 1968
**''Helicometra pugetensis''
Schell, 1973
**''Neohelicometra pleurogrammi''
(Baeva, 1968)
*''Helicometra pteroisi''
(Gupta, 1956)
**''Stenopera pteroisi''
Gupta, 1956
*''Helicometra sebastis''
(Sekerak & Arai, 1974)
**''Neohelicometra sebastis''
Sekerak & Arai, 1974
*''Helicometra tenuifolia''
Woolcock, 1935
**''Helicometra neosebastodis''
Crowcroft, 1947
*''Helicometra torta''
Linton, 1910
**''Helicometra pretiosa''
Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957
References
Opecoelidae
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