WoRMS taxon details
Megasoleninae Manter, 1935
Scorpidicolinae Yamaguti, 1971 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Megasolena Linton, 1910
- Genus Metamegasolena Yamaguti, 1970
- Genus Vitellibaculum Montgomery, 1957
- Genus Allomegasolena Siddiqi & Cable, 1960 accepted as Vitellibaculum Montgomery, 1957 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Manter, H. W. (1935). The structure and taxonomic position of Megasolena estrix Linton 1910 (Trematoda) with notes on related trematodes. <em>Parasitology.</em> 27, 431–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s003118200001533x
page(s): 438 [details]
page(s): 438 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Megasoleninae Manter, 1935. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765602 on 2026-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Manter, H. W. (1935). The structure and taxonomic position of Megasolena estrix Linton 1910 (Trematoda) with notes on related trematodes. <em>Parasitology.</em> 27, 431–439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s003118200001533x
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Scorpidicolinae Yamaguti, 1971) Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. 2 Vols. <em>Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo.</em> pp. 1-1074.
page(s): 33 [details]
page(s): 438 [details]
original description (of Scorpidicolinae Yamaguti, 1971) Yamaguti, S. (1971). Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. 2 Vols. <em>Keigaku Publishing Co., Tokyo.</em> pp. 1-1074.
page(s): 33 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Andres, M. J.; Pulis, E. E.; Curran, S. S.; Overstreet, R. M. (2018). On the systematics of some marine haploporids (Trematoda) with the description of a new species of Megasolena Linton, 1910. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 67: 805–815., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.08.002
page(s): 812 [details]
page(s): 812 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Overstreet, R. M.; Curran, S. S. (2005). Family Haploporidae Nicoll, 1914 In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds) . <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> CAB Publishing and Natural History Museum, Wallingford. pp.129–165., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995878.0129
page(s): 153 [details]
page(s): 153 [details]
