''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 ...
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. & Waesc ...
. 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
''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). Th ...
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Hassanine, 2007
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Helicometra antarcticae
''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). Th ...
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Holloway & Bier, 1968
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Helicometra aposinuata
''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). Th ...
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Pritchard, 1966
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Helicometra bassensis
''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 occ ...
''
Woolcock, 1935
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Helicometra borneoensis
''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). Th ...
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Fischthal & Kuntz, 1965
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Helicometra boseli
''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). Th ...
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Nagaty, 1956
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Helicometra dalianensis
''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). Th ...
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(Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)
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Helicometra dorabi
''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). Th ...
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(Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)
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Helicometra equilata
''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). Th ...
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(Manter, 1933)
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Helicometra fasciata
''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). Th ...
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(Rudolphi, 1819)
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Helicometra filamentosa
''Helicometra'' is a genus of Trematoda, 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, ...
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Madhavi, 1975
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Helicometra fusiformis
''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). Th ...
''
Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra gibsoni
''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). Th ...
''
Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993
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Helicometra gomphosi''
Yamaguti, 1970
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Helicometra grandora
''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). Th ...
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Manter, 1954
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Helicometra hapalogenyos
''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). Th ...
''
Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra indica
''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). Th ...
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Agrawal, 1964
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Helicometra insolita''
Polyanski, 1955
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Helicometra interrupta''
Hassanine, 2005
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Helicometra kyliotrema''
Pritchard, 1966
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Helicometra manteri''
Andres, Ray, Pulis, Curran & Overstreet, 2014
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Helicometra nasae''
Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962
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Helicometra neoscorpaenae''
Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
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Helicometra overstreeti''
Blend & Dronen, 2015
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Helicometra pisanoae''
Zdzitowiecki, 1998
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Helicometra pisodonophi''
Há, 2012
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Helicometra pleurogrammi''
(Baeva, 1968)
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Helicometra plovmornini''
Issaitchikov, 1928
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Helicometra pteroisi
''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). Th ...
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(Gupta, 1956)
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Helicometra rakusai
''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). Th ...
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Zdzitowiecki, 1997
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Helicometra robinsorum
''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). Th ...
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Overstreet & Martin, 1974
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Helicometra scorpaenae
''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). Th ...
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Prudhoe & Bray, 1973
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Helicometra sebastis
''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). Th ...
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(Sekerak & Arai, 1974)
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Helicometra selaroides
''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). Th ...
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Shen, 1986
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Helicometra sinipercae
''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). Th ...
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Wang, 1982
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Helicometra sprenti
''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). Th ...
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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
''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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Woolcock, 1935
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Helicometra torta
''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). Th ...
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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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