ERMS taxon details
Megaperidae Manter, 1934
Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Subfamily Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942
- Genus Homalometron Stafford, 1904
- Genus Apocreadium Manter, 1937 accepted as Homalometron Stafford, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942
marine, brackish, fresh
Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
NARMS (2024). Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-04-19
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-04-19
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original description
Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
original description (of Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) Skrjabin, K. I. (1942). Foundation of a new trematode family, Megasolenidae fam. nov., in connexion with an analysis of the taxonomic significance of the lymphatic system and the hermaphrodite bursa. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 35: 58-60 (In Russian).
page(s): 60; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source ICZN. (2022). Opinion 2483 (Case 3775) – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): precedence re-established over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a013 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49, 99–113.
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416.
page(s): 331; note: n. nom. in error [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2017). Revision of the Megaperidae Manter, 1934 n. comb. (Syn. Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) including a reorganization of the Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4358(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.1 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2019). Case 3775 – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): proposed re-establishment of precedence of the older family-group name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a008 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2024). Decision favoring Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and errata as relates to Blend et al. 2017. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(1): 136-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.8 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 132–144. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 132 [details]
identification resource Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 683–685.
page(s): 683 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Megaperidae Poche, 1925. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 30–36. (In Russian).
page(s): 31 [details]
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details]
original description (of Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) Skrjabin, K. I. (1942). Foundation of a new trematode family, Megasolenidae fam. nov., in connexion with an analysis of the taxonomic significance of the lymphatic system and the hermaphrodite bursa. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 35: 58-60 (In Russian).
page(s): 60; note: as subfamily [details]
taxonomy source ICZN. (2022). Opinion 2483 (Case 3775) – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): precedence re-established over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a013 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49, 99–113.
page(s): 105 [details]
status source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416.
page(s): 331; note: n. nom. in error [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2017). Revision of the Megaperidae Manter, 1934 n. comb. (Syn. Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) including a reorganization of the Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4358(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.1 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2019). Case 3775 – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): proposed re-establishment of precedence of the older family-group name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a008 [details]
status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2024). Decision favoring Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and errata as relates to Blend et al. 2017. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(1): 136-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.8 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 132–144. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 132 [details]
identification resource Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 683–685.
page(s): 683 [details]
identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Megaperidae Poche, 1925. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 30–36. (In Russian).
page(s): 31 [details]
