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Megaperidae Manter, 1934

414843  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414843)

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Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details] 
Taxonomic remark The type genus is Megapera and not Homalometron Stafford, 1904, as indicated by Blend et al. (2017).  
Taxonomic remark The type genus is Megapera and not Homalometron Stafford, 1904, as indicated by Blend et al. (2017). [details]

Taxonomy The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has re-established the precedence of Megaperidae Manter, 1934 over...  
Taxonomy The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has re-established the precedence of Megaperidae Manter, 1934 over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 for certain digenean trematodes of fish by suspending the application of Article 35.5 of the Code. [details]

Taxonomy Reduced to a subfamily within the Apocreadiidae by Pulis et al. (2013).  
Taxonomy Reduced to a subfamily within the Apocreadiidae by Pulis et al. (2013). [details]

Taxonomy Blend et al. (2017) returned to full family-level as the senior synonym of Apocreadiidae. But this action appearss invalid...  
Taxonomy Blend et al. (2017) returned to full family-level as the senior synonym of Apocreadiidae. But this action appearss invalid in terms of ICZN Article 35.5. [details]

Taxonomy Although it has priority in terms of date over the Apocreadiidae, it appears non-compliant with Article 35.5, which applies...  
Taxonomy Although it has priority in terms of date over the Apocreadiidae, it appears non-compliant with Article 35.5, which applies to changes after 1999.
Article 35.5. Precedence for names in use at higher rank. If after 1999 a name in use for a family-group taxon (e.g. for a subfamily) is found to be older than a name in prevailing usage for a taxon at higher rank in the same family-group taxon (e.g. for the family within which the older name is the name of a subfamily) the older name is not to displace the younger name.
When Blend et al. (2017) made the changes, the prevailing recognised levels were Apocreadiodea (superfamily), Apocreadiidae (family), Apocreadiinae (subfamily) and Megaperinae (subfamily).
Consequently, the change made by Blend et al. (2017) was not followed until an ICZN decision. DIG [details]
CaRMS (2025). Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-01-13
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Megaperidae Manter, 1934. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414843 on 2025-01-13
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2009-09-23 09:16:50Z
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db_admin
2010-04-26 13:13:54Z
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Cribb, Thomas
2013-11-30 12:21:39Z
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Gibson, David
2017-11-28 13:44:23Z
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Gibson, David
2017-12-07 13:51:53Z
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Gibson, David
2017-12-14 16:36:45Z
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Gibson, David
2019-09-16 14:43:09Z
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Bray, Rod
2023-05-13 19:49:38Z
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Gibson, David

original description Manter, H. W. (1934). Megapera, new name for the trematode genus Eurypera Manter, 1933. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 53: 293.
page(s): 293; note: The name Megapera n. nom. is proposed for Eurypera Manter, 1933. The family name becomes Megaperidae n. nom. [details] 

original description (of Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) Skrjabin, K. I. (1942). Foundation of a new trematode family, Megasolenidae fam. nov., in connexion with an analysis of the taxonomic significance of the lymphatic system and the hermaphrodite bursa. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 35: 58-60 (In Russian).
page(s): 60; note: as subfamily [details] 

taxonomy source ICZN. (2022). Opinion 2483 (Case 3775) – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): precedence re-established over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 79(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v79.a013 [details] 

status source Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 49, 99–113.
page(s): 105 [details] 

status source Manter, H.W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 38, 257–416.
page(s): 331; note: n. nom. in error [details] 

status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2017). Revision of the Megaperidae Manter, 1934 n. comb. (Syn. Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942) including a reorganization of the Schistorchiinae Yamaguti, 1942. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4358(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.1 [details] 

status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2019). Case 3775 – Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 (Platyhelminthes, Digenea): proposed re-establishment of precedence of the older family-group name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 76(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a008 [details] 

status source Blend, C. K.; Karar, Y. F. M.; Dronen, N. O. (2024). Decision favoring Megaperidae Manter, 1934 and errata as relates to Blend et al. 2017. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5424(1): 136-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.8 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1947). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 1: 132–144. (In Russian, English translation, 1979, by Amerind Publishing Co.).
page(s): 132 [details] 

identification resource Bray, R. A. (2005). Family Megaperidae Manter, 1934. In: Jones, A., Bray,. R.A., Gibson, D.I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford, CABI Publishing and The Natural History Museum, pp. 683–685.
page(s): 683 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I. (1960). Family Megaperidae Poche, 1925. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 17: 30–36. (In Russian).
page(s): 31 [details] 
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Taxonomic remark The type genus is Megapera and not Homalometron Stafford, 1904, as indicated by Blend et al. (2017). [details]

Taxonomy The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has re-established the precedence of Megaperidae Manter, 1934 over Apocreadiinae Skrjabin, 1942 for certain digenean trematodes of fish by suspending the application of Article 35.5 of the Code. [details]

Taxonomy Reduced to a subfamily within the Apocreadiidae by Pulis et al. (2013). [details]

Taxonomy Blend et al. (2017) returned to full family-level as the senior synonym of Apocreadiidae. But this action appearss invalid in terms of ICZN Article 35.5. [details]

Taxonomy Although it has priority in terms of date over the Apocreadiidae, it appears non-compliant with Article 35.5, which applies to changes after 1999.
Article 35.5. Precedence for names in use at higher rank. If after 1999 a name in use for a family-group taxon (e.g. for a subfamily) is found to be older than a name in prevailing usage for a taxon at higher rank in the same family-group taxon (e.g. for the family within which the older name is the name of a subfamily) the older name is not to displace the younger name.
When Blend et al. (2017) made the changes, the prevailing recognised levels were Apocreadiodea (superfamily), Apocreadiidae (family), Apocreadiinae (subfamily) and Megaperinae (subfamily).
Consequently, the change made by Blend et al. (2017) was not followed until an ICZN decision. DIG [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apocreadiidae) (from synonym Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942)
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