Aporocotylidae is a family of trematodes within the order Diplostomida, which contains species commonly known as fish blood flukes. It contains more than 40 genera, the largest being Cardicola. [1] Species in this family parasite fish in both fresh and marine water.[2]

Aporocotylidae
Holocentricola spp. (Aporocotylidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Diplostomida
Suborder: Diplostomata
Superfamily: Schistosomatoidea
Family: Aporocotylidae
Odhner, 1912

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ Cribb, Thomas H.; Adlard, Robert D.; Hayward, Craig J.; Bott, Nathan J.; Ellis, David; Evans, Daryl; Nowak, Barbara F. (July 2011). "The life cycle of Cardicola forsteri (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae, a pathogen of ranched southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyi". International Journal for Parasitology. 41 (8): 861–670. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.03.011. PMID 21569775.
  2. ^ "Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912". WoRMS. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ Nolan, Matthew J.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2004). "Two new blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Epinephelinae (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Pacific Ocean". Parasitology International. 53 (4). Elsevier BV: 327–335. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2004.05.002. ISSN 1383-5769. PMID 15464442.
  4. ^ Yong, R.Q-Y.; Cutmore, S.C.; Jones, M.K.; Gauthier, A.R.G.; Cribb, T.H. (2018). "A complex of the blood fluke genus Psettarium (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) infecting tetraodontiform fishes of east Queensland waters". Parasitology International. 67 (3). Elsevier BV: 321–340. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2017.12.003. ISSN 1383-5769. PMID 29277472. S2CID 207315019.
  5. ^ Cutmore, Scott C.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2021). "A new order of fishes as hosts of blood flukes (Aporocotylidae); description of a new genus and three new species infecting squirrelfishes (Holocentriformes, Holocentridae) on the Great Barrier Reef". Parasite. 28: 76. doi:10.1051/parasite/2021072. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 8577333. PMID 34751646.  
  6. ^ Yong, Russell Q.Y.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2011-11-16). "Rhaphidotrema kiatkiongi, a new genus and species of blood fluke (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Arothron hispidus (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Folia Parasitologica. 58 (4). Biology Centre, AS CR: 273–277. doi:10.14411/fp.2011.026. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 22263308.  
  7. ^ Alama-Bermejo, Gema; Montero, Francisco Esteban; Raga, Juan Antonio; Holzer, Astrid Sibylle (2011). "Skoulekia meningialis n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912) a parasite surrounding the brain of the Mediterranean common two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (Teleostei: Sparidae): Description, molecular phylogeny, habitat and pathology". Parasitology International. 60 (1). Elsevier BV: 34–44. doi:10.1016/j.parint.2010.10.001. ISSN 1383-5769. PMID 20950706.