Helicometra marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962
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
- Helicometra marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962
- Name authority
- Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Trematoda
- Order
- Plagiorchiida
- Family
- Opecoelidae
- Genus
- Helicometra
- 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
- subfamilyHelicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016
- genusHelicometra Odhner, 1902
- speciesHelicometra marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Helicometra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Helicometra gibsoni Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra gobii (Stossich, 1883) Stossich, 1904 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra grandora Manter, 1954 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968) Bray, 1979 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra scorpaenae Prudhoe & Bray, 1973 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, 1935 | OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicometra torta Linton, 1910 | 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.
- Nagaty, H. F., & Abdel Aal, T. M. (1962). Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea. Part 17. On three allocreadiid sp. and one schistorchiid sp. Journal of the Arabian Veterinary Medical Association, 22. 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:3K8FF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.