WoRMS taxon details
Monorchis Monticelli, 1893
108647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108647)
accepted
Genus
Monorchis monorchis (Stossich, 1890) Looss, 1902 (type by absolute tautonymy)
- Species Monorchis bengalensis Dutta & Manna, 1997
- Species Monorchis blennii Jousson & Bartoli, 2002
- Species Monorchis diplovarium Mamaev, 1970
- Species Monorchis fusiformis Wang, 1982
- Species Monorchis hermani Issa, 1963
- Species Monorchis heterorchis Bilqees, 1979
- Species Monorchis japonicus Zhukov, 1970
- Species Monorchis latus Manter, 1942
- Species Monorchis lewisi Cribb, Wee, Bray & Cutmore, 2018
- Species Monorchis minutus Madhavi, 1977
- Species Monorchis monorchis (Stossich, 1890) Looss, 1902
- Species Monorchis parvus Looss, 1902
- Species Monorchis xiamenensis Liu, 1995
- Species Monorchis polyipni Reimer, 1985 accepted as Bathymonorchis polyipni (Reimer, 1985) Bray & Gaevskaya, 1993 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish
Monticelli, F. S. (1893). Studii sui Trematodi endoparassiti. Primo contributi di osservazioni sui Distomidi. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> supplement 3: 1-229.
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [details]
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [details]
WoRMS (2025). Monorchis Monticelli, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108647 on 2025-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Monticelli, F. S. (1893). Studii sui Trematodi endoparassiti. Primo contributi di osservazioni sui Distomidi. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> supplement 3: 1-229.
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [details]
basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Sobolev, A. A. (1955). Family Monorchidae Odhner, 1911. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 11: 255-464. (In Russian).
page(s): 266 [details]
identification resource Madhavi, R. (2008). Family Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and Natural History Museum, pp. 145–175.
page(s): 151 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
identification resource Madhavi, R. (2008). Family Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and Natural History Museum, pp. 145–175.
page(s): 151 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 320; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Jousson, O., Bartoli, P., Pawlowski, J. (2000). Cryptic speciation among intestinal parasites (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting sympatric host fishes (Sparidae). <em>Journal of Evolutionary Biology.</em> 13 (5): 778–785.
page(s): 779 [details]
additional source Looss, A. (1902). Zur Kenntnis der Trematodenfauna des Triester Hafens. II. Ueber Monorchis Montic. und Haplosplanchnus n. g. <em>Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygeine.</em> 32, 115-122.
page(s): 115; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
[request]additional source Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. <em>Fauna Arctica.</em> 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 320; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
additional source Jousson, O., Bartoli, P., Pawlowski, J. (2000). Cryptic speciation among intestinal parasites (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting sympatric host fishes (Sparidae). <em>Journal of Evolutionary Biology.</em> 13 (5): 778–785.
page(s): 779 [details]
additional source Looss, A. (1902). Zur Kenntnis der Trematodenfauna des Triester Hafens. II. Ueber Monorchis Montic. und Haplosplanchnus n. g. <em>Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygeine.</em> 32, 115-122.
page(s): 115; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority Madhavi (2008) gives the authority for the genus to Looss (1902), but Looss merely raised the subgenus Monrochis to full generic level. The correct authority for Monocrhis at the genus-group level is Monticelli (1893). DIG [details]
