WoRMS taxon details
Diclidophora merlangi (Kuhn, 1829) Krøyer, 1838
119655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119655)
accepted
Species
Diclidophora gadi (Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863) Sproston, 1946 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octobothrium merlangi (Kuhn, 1829) von Nordmann, 1832 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Octostoma merlangi Kuhn, 1829 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Diclidophora merlangi (Kuhn, 1829) Krøyer, 1838. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119655 on 2025-06-05
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <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. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Rubec, L. A.; Dronen, N. O. (1994). Revision of the genus Diclidophora Krøyer, 1838 (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae), with the proposal of Macrouridophora n. g. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 28(3): 159-185., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00009516 [details]
redescription Alojayri, G.; Al-Quraishy, S.; Al-Shaebi, E.; Mohammed, O. B.; Abdel-Gaber, R. (2024). Morphological and genetic identification of the gill monogenean parasite (<i>Diclidophora merlangi</i>) that infects Twobar Seabream Fish (<i>Acanthopagrus bifasciatus</i>) in the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 61(2): 184-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2024-0012 [details]
redescription Alojayri, G.; Al-Quraishy, S.; Al-Shaebi, E.; Mohammed, O. B.; Abdel-Gaber, R. (2024). Morphological and genetic identification of the gill monogenean parasite (<i>Diclidophora merlangi</i>) that infects Twobar Seabream Fish (<i>Acanthopagrus bifasciatus</i>) in the Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 61(2): 184-193., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2024-0012 [details]
Other
additional source
Williams, H.H. & MacKenzie, K. (2003). Marine parasites as pollution indicators: an update. <i>Parasitology</i> <b>126</b> S27-S41. [details]
additional source Smith, J.W. (1969). The distribution of one monogenean and two copepod parasites of whiting, Merlangius merlangius (L.), caught in British waters. Nytt Magasin för Zoologi 17(1):57-63, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Smith, J.W. (1969). The distribution of one monogenean and two copepod parasites of whiting, Merlangius merlangius (L.), caught in British waters. Nytt Magasin för Zoologi 17(1):57-63, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Authority Change of date for the combination made by Rubec & Dronen (1994). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diclidophora merlangi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diclidophora merlangi)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (2 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 097932)
