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Helicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968) Bray, 1979

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968) Bray, 1979
Name authority
(Baeva, 1968) Bray, 1979
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
  4. subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
  5. classTrematoda
  6. subclassDigenea Carus, 1863
  7. orderPlagiorchiida La Rue, 1957
  8. suborderXiphidiata Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003
  9. superfamilyOpecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925
  10. familyOpecoelidae Ozaki, 1925
  11. subfamilyHelicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016
  12. genusHelicometra Odhner, 1902
  13. speciesHelicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968) Bray, 1979

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Helicometra. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Helicometra gibsoni Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra gobii (Stossich, 1883) Stossich, 1904OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra grandora Manter, 1954OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra marmoratae Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra overstreeti Blend & Dronen, 2015OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra scorpaenae Prudhoe & Bray, 1973OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, 1935OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Helicometra torta Linton, 1910OpecoelidaePlatyhelminthesAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Neohelicometra pleurogrammi (Baeva, 1968) Sekerak & Arai, 1974 (Baeva, 1968) Sekerak & Arai, 1974synonym
Allostenopera pleurogrammi Baeva, 1968 Baeva, 1968synonym
Helicometra pugetensis Schell, 1973 Schell, 1973synonym

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.

  1. Sekerak, A. D., & Arai, H. P. (1974). A revision of Helicometra Odhner, 1902 and related genera (Trematoda: Opecoelidae), including a description of Neohelicometra sebastis n. sp. ,. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 52, 707–738. https://doi.org/10.1139/z74-095 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:3K8FN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.