Helicometra overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015
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 overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015
- Name authority
- Blend & Dronen, 2015
- 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 overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015
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 marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962 | 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.
- Blend, C. K., & Dronen, N. O. (2015). A review of the genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) with a key to species including Helicometra overstreeti n. sp. from the cusk-eel Luciobrotula corethromycter Cohen, 1964 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biodiversity, 45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0250-3 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:3K8FK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.