WoRMS taxon details
Elopicola bristowi Orélis-Ribeiro & Bullard in Orélis-Ribeiro, Halanych, Dang, Bakenhaster, Arias & Bullard, 2017
988389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:988389)
accepted
Species
marine
Orélis-Ribeiro, R.; Halanych, K. M.; Dang, B. T.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Arias, C. R.; Bullard, S. A. (2017). Two new species of Elopicola (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Hawaiian ladyfish, Elops hawaiensis (Eastern Sea) and Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Gulf of Mexico) with a comment on monophyly of elopomorph blood flukes. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 66(3): 305-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.02.008
page(s): 308 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
Type locality contained in Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Vietnamese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
WoRMS (2025). Elopicola bristowi Orélis-Ribeiro & Bullard in Orélis-Ribeiro, Halanych, Dang, Bakenhaster, Arias & Bullard, 2017. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=988389 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Orélis-Ribeiro, R.; Halanych, K. M.; Dang, B. T.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Arias, C. R.; Bullard, S. A. (2017). Two new species of Elopicola (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Hawaiian ladyfish, Elops hawaiensis (Eastern Sea) and Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Gulf of Mexico) with a comment on monophyly of elopomorph blood flukes. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 66(3): 305-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.02.008
page(s): 308 [details]
page(s): 308 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H.; Yong, R. Q.-Y. (2018). Aporocotylids from batoid and elopomorph fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, including a new genus and species of blood fluke infecting the Giant shovelnose ray, Glaucostegus typus (Rhinopristiformes: Glaucostegidae). <em>Parasitology International.</em> 67(6): 768-775., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2018.08.003
page(s): 771 [details]
page(s): 771 [details]
Other
additional source
Cutmore, S. C.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Arellano-Martínez, M.; Louvard, C.; Cribb, T. H. (2022). Evidence that a lineage of teleost-infecting blood flukes (Aporocotylidae) infects bivalves as intermediate hosts. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.09.007 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
