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Megaperidae Manter, 1934
Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Subfamily Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942
- Genus Callohelmis Cribb & Bray, 1999
- Genus Choanodera Manter, 1940
- Genus Crassicutis Manter, 1936
- Genus Dactylotrema Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957
- Genus Homalometron Stafford, 1904
- Genus Marsupioacetabulum Yamaguti, 1952
- Genus Microcreadium Simer, 1929
- Genus Myzotus Manter, 1940
- Genus Neoapocreadium Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
- Genus Neomegasolena Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
- Genus Pancreadium Manter, 1954
- Genus Posterotestes Ostrowski de Nunez, Brugni & Flores, 2003
- Genus Procaudotestis Szidat, 1954
- Genus Trematobrien Dollfus, 1950
- Genus Anallocreadium Simer, 1929 accepted as Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (Synonym)
- Genus Apocreadium Manter, 1937 accepted as Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Globoporum MacCallum, 1921 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Laureriella Skrjabin, 1916
- Subfamily Megaperinae Manter, 1934
- Subfamily Postporinae Yamaguti, 1958
- Genus Postporus Manter, 1949
- Subfamily Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942
- Genus Blendiella Magro, Cutmore, Carrasson & Cribb, 2023
- Genus Lobatotrema Manter, 1963
- Genus Neomegacreadium Machida & Kuramochi, 1999
- Genus Paraschistorchis Blend, Karar & Dronen, 2017
- Genus Plesioschistorchis Blend, Karar & Dronen, 2017
- Genus Schistorchis Lühe, 1906
- Genus Sphincteristomum Oshmarin, Mamaev & Parukhin, 1961
- Genus Sphincterostoma Yamaguti, 1937
- Genus Megacreadium Nagaty, 1956 accepted as Schistorchis Lühe, 1906 (Synonym)
- Genus Austrocreadium Szidat, 1956 accepted as Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (Synonym)
- Genus Barbulostomum Ramsey, 1965 accepted as Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (Synonym)
- Genus Eocreadium Szidat, 1954 accepted as Crassicutis Manter, 1936 (synonym)
- Genus Eurypera Manter, 1933 nec Pascoe, 1870 accepted as Megapera Manter, 1934 (Junior homonym)
- Genus Malagashitrema Capron, Deblock & Brygoo, 1961 accepted as Laureriella Skrjabin, 1916 (synonym)
- Genus Neochoanodera Fischthal & Thomas, 1970 accepted as Choanodera Manter, 1940 (synonym according to Cribb & Bray, 1999)
- Genus Opisthogonoporantesophagus Nasir & Gomez, 1977 accepted as Postporus Manter, 1949 (Synonym)
- Genus Opisthoporus Manter, 1947 accepted as Postporus Manter, 1949 (Pre-occupied)
marine, brackish, fresh
Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
Traits (2025). Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-03-21
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-03-21
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original description
Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
original description (of Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) 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. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 35: 58-60 (In Russian).
page(s): 60; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source ICZN. (2022). Opinion 2483 (Case 3775) – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): precedence re-established over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a013 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49, 99–113.
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416.
page(s): 331; note: n. nom. in error [details]
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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4358(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.1 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2019). Case 3775 – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): proposed re-establishment of precedence of the older family-group name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a008 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2024). Decision favoring Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and errata as relates to Blend et al. 2017. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(1): 136-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.8 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 132–144. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 132 [details]
identification resource Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 683–685.
page(s): 683 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Megaperidae Poche, 1925. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 30–36. (In Russian).
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
original description (of Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) 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. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 35: 58-60 (In Russian).
page(s): 60; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source ICZN. (2022). Opinion 2483 (Case 3775) – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): precedence re-established over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a013 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49, 99–113.
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416.
page(s): 331; note: n. nom. in error [details]
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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4358(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.1 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2019). Case 3775 – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): proposed re-establishment of precedence of the older family-group name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a008 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2024). Decision favoring Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and errata as relates to Blend et al. 2017. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(1): 136-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.8 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 132–144. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 132 [details]
identification resource Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 683–685.
page(s): 683 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Megaperidae Poche, 1925. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 30–36. (In Russian).
page(s): 31 [details]