MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931

ERMS taxon details

Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931

AphiaID

472824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:472824)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gorgoderoidea Looss, 1901

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Genus Polylekithum Arnold, 1934

Environment

marine, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Mehra, H. R. (1931). A new genus Spinometra of the family Lepodermatidae Odhner (Trema-toda) from a tortoise, with a systematic discussion and classification of the family. Parasitology. 23 (2): 157–178., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000013536
page(s): 174; note: subfamily Encyclometriinae [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2025). Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472824 on 2026-08-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472824 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-04-27 09:17:39Z

created

Cribb, Thomas

2014-08-01 08:03:12Z

changed

Gibson, David

2023-03-31 13:33:26Z

changed

Gibson, David

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original description Mehra, H. R. (1931). A new genus Spinometra of the family Lepodermatidae Odhner (Trema-toda) from a tortoise, with a systematic discussion and classification of the family. Parasitology. 23 (2): 157–178., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000013536
page(s): 174; note: subfamily Encyclometriinae [details]

taxonomy source Knudson, H. P.; Curran, S. S.; Truong, T. N.; Dutton, H. R.; Bullard, S. A. (2023). Encyclobrephus brevivitellus n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea, Incertae sedis ) Infecting the Mekong Snail-Eating Turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga , in the Mekong River, Vietnam, with Phylogenetic Analyses Based on rDNA. Journal of Parasitology. 109(2)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/22-98 [details]

identification resource Tkach, V. V. (2008). Family Encyclometridae Mehra, 1931. In Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I., & Jones, A. (Eds.). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CABI Publishing and the Natural History Museum. pp. 349–352., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995885.0349
page(s): 349 [details]

Definitions

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