OCEAN-UKRAINE - Monorchis Monticelli, 1893

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Monorchis Monticelli, 1893

AphiaID

108647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108647)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Monorchis monorchis (Stossich, 1890) Looss, 1902 (type by absolute tautonymy)

Parent

Monorchiinae Odhner, 1911

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Species Monorchis monorchis (Stossich, 1890) Looss, 1902

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Monticelli, F. S. (1893). Studii sui Trematodi endoparassiti. Primo contributi di osservazioni sui Distomidi. Zoologische Jahrbucher. supplement 3: 1-229., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35876
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [details]

Taxonomic citation

BlackSea (2025). Monorchis Monticelli, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108647 on 2026-09-17

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Monorchis Monticelli, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108647 on 2026-09-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gibson, David

2013-12-09 10:16:21Z

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Gibson, David

2017-12-04 14:49:38Z

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Gibson, David

2020-05-07 07:09:53Z

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Bray, Rod

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original description Monticelli, F. S. (1893). Studii sui Trematodi endoparassiti. Primo contributi di osservazioni sui Distomidi. Zoologische Jahrbucher. supplement 3: 1-229., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.35876
page(s): 149, 150; note: subgenus of Distomum [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 IMIS) [details]

additional source Jousson, O., Bartoli, P., Pawlowski, J. (2000). Cryptic speciation among intestinal parasites (Trematoda: Digenea) infecting sympatric host fishes (Sparidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13 (5): 778–785., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00221.x
page(s): 779 [details]

additional source Looss, A. (1902). Zur Kenntnis der Trematodenfauna des Triester Hafens. II. Ueber Monorchis Montic. und Haplosplanchnus n. g. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygeine. 32, 115-122.
page(s): 115; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]

additional source Odhner, T. (1905). Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica. 4: 289-372., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12102201
page(s): 320; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]

identification resource Madhavi, R. (2008). Family Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911. In: Bray, R. A.; Gibson, D. I.; Jones, A. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 3. Wallingford: CAB International and Natural History Museum, pp. 145–175., available online at https://doi.org/10.1079/9780851995885.0145
page(s): 151 [details]

identification resource Sobolev, A. A. (1955). Family Monorchidae Odhner, 1911. Osnovy Trematodologii. 11: 255-464. (In Russian).
page(s): 266 [details]

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