Decemtestis johnii Shaukat & Bilqees, 2012
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Decemtestis johnii Shaukat & Bilqees, 2012
- Name authority
- Shaukat & Bilqees, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Trematoda
- Order
- Plagiorchiida
- Family
- Opecoelidae
- Genus
- Decemtestis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- classTrematoda
- subclassDigenea Carus, 1863
- orderPlagiorchiida La Rue, 1957
- suborderXiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
- superfamilyOpecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925
- familyOpecoelidae Ozaki, 1925
- subfamilyPlagioporinae Manter, 1947
- genusDecemtestis Yamaguti, 1934
- speciesDecemtestis johnii Shaukat & Bilqees, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Decemtestis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Decemtestis asymmetricus Wang, 1991 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis azumae (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1934 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis biacetabulata Srivastava, 1936 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis brevicirrus Srivastava, 1936 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis ditrematis Yamaguti, 1934 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis dollfusi Ahmad, 1983 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis lutiani Wang, 1986 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis mehrai Srivastava, 1936 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1938 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis parapercis Yamaguti, 1959 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis sillagonis Yamaguti, 1934 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Decemtestis srivastavai Gupta & Jahan, 1975 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Shaukat, N., & Bilqees, F. M. (2012). Decemtestis johnii new species (Trematoda: Opecoeliidae Ozaki, from the fish Lutjanus johnii of Karachi Coast. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 44. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34DHD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.