original description
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]
taxonomy source
Cribb, T. H.; Bray, R. A. (1999). A review of the Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 (Trematoda: Digenea) and description of Australian species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 44(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006197201426 [details]
basis of record
Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <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. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 52(3): 167-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031 [details]
source of synonymy
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. (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
Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942. 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, 621-639.
page(s): 621 [details]
identification resource
Cribb, T. H.; Bray, R. A. (1999). A review of the Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 (Trematoda: Digenea) and description of Australian species. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 44(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006197201426
page(s): 1 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has re-established the precedence of Megaperidae Manter, 1934 over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 for certain digenean trematodes of fish by suspending the application of Article 35.5 of the Code. [details]
Validity Valid, even though the Megaperidae predates it, following Article 35.5 of the ICZN, which applies to changes subsequent to 1999. However, see ICZN Opinion 2483.
Article 35.5. Precedence for names in use at higher rank. If after 1999 a name in use for a family-group taxon (e.g. for a subfamily) is found to be older than a name in prevailing usage for a taxon at higher rank in the same family-group taxon (e.g. for the family within which the older name is the name of a subfamily) the older name is not to displace the younger name.
Consequently, the change made by Blend et al. (2017) was not followed. [details]
