WoRMS taxon details
Helicometra torta Linton, 1910
419198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419198)
accepted
Species
Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. <em>Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington.</em> 4: 11–98.
page(s): 295 [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
Type locality contained in Floridian
type locality contained in Floridian [details]
WoRMS (2026). Helicometra torta Linton, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419198 on 2026-01-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Linton, E. (1910). Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. II. Trematodes. <em>Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington.</em> 4: 11–98.
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957) Bravo-Hollis, M.; Manter, H. W. (1957). Trematodes of marine fishes of Mexican waters. X. Thirteen Digenea including nine new species and two new genera from Pacific coast. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 24(1): 35-48.
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
page(s): 295 [details]
original description (of Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957) Bravo-Hollis, M.; Manter, H. W. (1957). Trematodes of marine fishes of Mexican waters. X. Thirteen Digenea including nine new species and two new genera from Pacific coast. <em>Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington.</em> 24(1): 35-48.
page(s): 44 [details]
basis of record Overstreet, R. M., J. O. Cook, and R. W. Heard. 2009. Trematoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 419–486 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Skrjabin, K. I., Koval, V. P. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies: Coitocaecinae Poche, 1925; Plagioporinae Manter, 1947. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15, 329–818. (In Russian).
page(s): 656 [details]
redescription Moravec, F., V. Vidal-Martinez, J. Vargas-Vazquez, C. Vivas-Rodriguez , D. Gonzales-Solis, E. Mendoza-Franco, R. Sima-Alvarez & J. Guemez-Ri. (1997). Helminth parasites of Epinephelus morio (Pisces: Serranidae) of the Yucatan Peninsula, southeastern Mexico. Folia Parasitologica, Ceske Budejovice 44(4):255-266.
page(s): 257 [details]
redescription Siddiqi, A. H., & Cable, R. M. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Puerto Rico. <em>Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.</em> 17(3): 257-369., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069708819;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 656 [details]
redescription Moravec, F., V. Vidal-Martinez, J. Vargas-Vazquez, C. Vivas-Rodriguez , D. Gonzales-Solis, E. Mendoza-Franco, R. Sima-Alvarez & J. Guemez-Ri. (1997). Helminth parasites of Epinephelus morio (Pisces: Serranidae) of the Yucatan Peninsula, southeastern Mexico. Folia Parasitologica, Ceske Budejovice 44(4):255-266.
page(s): 257 [details]
redescription Siddiqi, A. H., & Cable, R. M. (1960). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Puerto Rico. <em>Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.</em> 17(3): 257-369., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015069708819;view=1up;seq=1
page(s): 299 [details]
Other
additional source
Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 2, 325-497.
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany.</em> 15, 119-176.
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. <em>CNPq, FIOCRUZ.</em> 318 pp. [details]
page(s): 386 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. <em>Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany.</em> 15, 119-176.
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Kohn, A.; Fernandes, B.M.M.; Cohen, S.C. (2007). South American trematode parasites of fishes. <em>CNPq, FIOCRUZ.</em> 318 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (10 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 1338780) (from synonym Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (10 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 1338780) (from synonym Helicometra pretiosa Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957)
