MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888

ERMS taxon details

Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888

AphiaID

108470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108470)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899

Original name

Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888

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Subfamily Didymodiclininae Pozdnyakov, 1993
1. Genus Didymodiclinus Pozdnyakov, 1993
Subfamily Didymozoinae Monticelli, 1888
1. Tribe Didymozoini Monticelli, 1888
  1. Genus Didymocystis Ariola, 1902
  2. Genus Didymosulcus Pozdnyakov, 1990
  3. Genus Didymozoon Taschenberg, 1879
  4. Genus Lobatozoum Ishii, 1935
  5. Genus Oesophagocystis Yamaguti, 1970
  6. Genus Platocystis Yamaguti, 1938
2. Tribe Neodidymozoini Yamaguti, 1970
  1. Genus Maccallumtrema Yamaguti, 1970
Subfamily Gonapodasmiinae Ishii, 1935
1. Tribe Colocyntotrematini Yamaguti, 1958
  1. Genus Allopseudocolocyntotrema Yamaguti, 1970
2. Tribe Gonapodasmiini Ishii, 1935
  1. Genus Gonapodasmius Ishii, 1935
Subfamily Koellikeriinae Ishii, 1935
1. Tribe Coeliotrematini Pozdnyakov, 1993
  1. Genus Coeliotrema Yamaguti, 1938
  2. Genus Koellikerioides Yamaguti, 1970
2. Tribe Koellikeriini Ishii, 1935
  1. Genus Koellikeria Cobbold, 1860
  2. Genus Tricharrhen Poche, 1926 accepted as Koellikeria Cobbold, 1860 (synonym)
3. Tribe Wedliini Pozdnyakov, 1993
  1. Genus Wedlia Cobbold, 1860
Subfamily Nematobothriinae Ishii, 1935
1. Tribe Allonematobothriini Pozdnyakov, 1993
  1. Genus Metanematobothrium Yamaguti, 1938
2. Tribe Nematobothriini Ishii, 1935
  1. Genus Halvorsenius Gibson, MacKenzie & Cottle, 1981
  2. Genus Nematobothrium van Beneden, 1858
3. Tribe Unitubulotestini Pozdnyakov, 1993
  1. Genus Unitubulotestis Yamaguti, 1953

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Monticelli, F. S. (1888). Saggio di una morfologia del trematodi. Tesi per ottenere la privata docenza in Zoologia nella R. Università di Napoli. Napoli, Stabilimento Tipografico Fili. Ferrante, pp. 130.
page(s): 106; note: 'Sub-Famiglia II. Dydimozoonidae mihi' [details]

Taxonomic citation

NARMS (2026). Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=108470 on 2026-06-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108470 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

2010-04-26 13:13:54Z

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Cribb, Thomas

2013-03-05 10:57:02Z

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Gibson, David

2017-01-03 19:11:24Z

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Gibson, David

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original description Monticelli, F. S. (1888). Saggio di una morfologia del trematodi. Tesi per ottenere la privata docenza in Zoologia nella R. Università di Napoli. Napoli, Stabilimento Tipografico Fili. Ferrante, pp. 130.
page(s): 106; note: 'Sub-Famiglia II. Dydimozoonidae mihi' [details]

taxonomy source Pozdnyakov, S. E. (1996). Trematode suborder Didymozoata. Tikhookeanskii Naucho-Issledovatel'skii Rybokhozyaistvennyi Tsentr Vladivostok. 319 pp. (In Russian).
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Sokolov, S. G.; Atopkin, D. M.; Urabe, M.; Gordeev, I. I. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of the superfamily Hemiuroidea (Platyhelminthes, Neodermata: Trematoda) based on partial 28S rDNA sequences. Parasitology. 146 (5): 596-603., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182018001841 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in RoR) [details]

identification resource Pozdnyakov, S. E.; Gibson, D. I. (2008). Family Didymozoidae Monticelli, 1888. In: Bray, R.A., Gibson, D.I. & Jones, A. [Eds]. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum. pp. 631–734., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995885.0631
page(s): 631 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1955). Suborder Didymozoata Skrjabin & Schulz, 1947. Osnovy Trematodologii. 11, 5-254. (In Russian).
page(s): 9 [details]

biology source Yamaguti S. (1975). A synoptical review of life histories of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates with special reference to the morphology of their larval forms. Tokyo, Keigaku Publishing Co. pp. LXI I + 590 + 219 plates.
page(s): 74 [details]

biology source Louvard, C.; Corner, R. D.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2022). Evidence that host ecology drives first intermediate host use in the Didymozoidae (Trematoda: Hemiuroidea): an asexual infection in a vermetid (Gastropoda). Journal of Helminthology. 96., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x22000748 [details]

biology source Lozano-Cobo, H.; Oceguera-Figueroa, A.; Silva-Segundo, C. A.; Robinson, C. J.; Gómez-Gutiérrez, J. (2022). Finding a needle in a haystack: larval stages of Didymozoidae (Trematoda: Digenea) parasitizing marine zooplankton. Parasitology Research. 121 (9): 2661–2672., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07593-6 [details]

biology source Huang, J.; Fu, Z.; Wang, Q.; Ma, Z.; Wang, W. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Didymozoidae parasites infecting yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh. 77 (3): 33–44., available online at https://doi.org/10.46989/001c.142194
page(s): 33 [details]

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