Aporocotylidae Explained
Aporocotylidae is a family of trematodes within the order Diplostomida, which contains species commonly known as fish blood flukes. It contains more than 40 genera, the largest being Cardicola. [1] Species in this family parasite fish in both fresh and marine water.[2]
Genera
- Acipensericola Bullard, Snyder, Jensen & Overstreet, 2008
- Adelomyllos Nolan & Cribb, 2004 [3]
- Ankistromeces Nolan & Cribb, 2004
- Aporocotyle Odhner, 1900
- Cardallagium Yong, Cutmore, Jones, Gauthier & Cribb, 2017[4]
- Cardicola Short, 1953
- Chaulioleptos Nolan & Cribb, 2005
- Chimaerohemecus van der Land, 1967
- Cladocaecum Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
- Cruoricola Herbert, Shaharom-Harrison & Overstreet, 1994
- Deontacylix Linton, 1910
- Elaphrobates Bullard & Overstreet, 2003
- Elopicola Bullard, 2014
- Holocentricola Cutmore & Cribb, 2021 [5]
- Hyperandrotrema Maillard & Ktari, 1978
- Kritsky Orelis-Ribeiro & Bullard, 2016
- Littorellicola Bullard, 2010
- Metaplehniella Lebedev & Parukhin, 1972
- Myliobaticola Bullard & Jensen, 2008
- Neoparacardicola Yamaguti, 1970
- Orchispirium Madhavi & Hanumantha Rao, 1970
- Paracardicoloides Martin, 1974
- Paradeontacylix McIntosh, 1934
- Parasanguinicola Herbert & Shaharom, 1995
- Pearsonellum Overstreet & Køie, 1989
- Phthinomita Nolan & Cribb, 2006
- Plethorchis Martin, 1975
- Primisanguis Bullard, Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 2012
- Psettarium Goto & Ozaki, 1930
- Pseudocardicola Parukhin, 1985
- Rhaphidotrema Yong & Cribb, 2011[6]
- Sanguinicola Plehn, 1905
- Selachohemecus Short, 1954
- Skoulekia Alama-Bermejo, Montero, Raga & Holzer, 2011[7]
Notes and References
- Cribb. Thomas H.. Adlard. Robert D.. Hayward. Craig J.. Bott. Nathan J.. Ellis. David. Evans. Daryl. Nowak. Barbara F.. Barbara Nowak. July 2011. The life cycle of Cardicola forsteri (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae, a pathogen of ranched southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyi. International Journal for Parasitology. 41. 8. 861–670. 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.011. 21569775.
- Web site: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912 . WoRMS . 9 November 2021.
- Nolan . Matthew J. . Cribb . Thomas H. . Two new blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Epinephelinae (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Pacific Ocean . Parasitology International . Elsevier BV . 53 . 4 . 2004 . 1383-5769 . 10.1016/j.parint.2004.05.002 . 327–335. 15464442 .
- Yong . R.Q-Y. . Cutmore . S.C. . Jones . M.K. . Gauthier . A.R.G. . Cribb . T.H. . A complex of the blood fluke genus Psettarium (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) infecting tetraodontiform fishes of east Queensland waters . Parasitology International . Elsevier BV . 67 . 3 . 2018 . 1383-5769 . 10.1016/j.parint.2017.12.003 . 321–340. 29277472 . 207315019 .
- Cutmore . Scott C. . Cribb . Thomas H. . A new order of fishes as hosts of blood flukes (Aporocotylidae); description of a new genus and three new species infecting squirrelfishes (Holocentriformes, Holocentridae) on the Great Barrier Reef . Parasite. 28 . 2021 . 1776-1042 . 10.1051/parasite/2021072 . 76. free . 34751646 . 8577333 .
- Yong . Russell Q.Y. . Cribb . Thomas H. . Rhaphidotrema kiatkiongi, a new genus and species of blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Arothron hispidus (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia . Folia Parasitologica . Biology Centre, AS CR . 58 . 4 . 2011-11-16 . 0015-5683 . 10.14411/fp.2011.026 . 273–277. free . 22263308 .
- Alama-Bermejo . Gema . Montero . Francisco Esteban . Raga . Juan Antonio . Holzer . Astrid Sibylle . Skoulekia meningialis n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) a parasite surrounding the brain of the Mediterranean common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Teleostei: Sparidae): Description, molecular phylogeny, habitat and pathology . Parasitology International . Elsevier BV . 60 . 1 . 2011 . 1383-5769 . 10.1016/j.parint.2010.10.001 . 34–44. 20950706 .
