Helicometra is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with Allostenopera <small>Baeva, 1968</small>, Metahelicometra <small>Yamaguti, 1971</small>, and Stenopera <small>Manter, 1933</small>. Its type species is H. fasciata <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>. They are distinguished by their unique spiral uterus, from which their name is derived.
Species
- Helicometra aegyptensis <small>Hassanine, 2007</small>
- Helicometra antarcticae <small>Holloway & Bier, 1968</small>
- Helicometra aposinuata <small>Pritchard, 1966</small>
- Helicometra bassensis <small>Woolcock, 1935</small>
- Helicometra borneoensis <small>Fischthal & Kuntz, 1965</small>
- Helicometra boseli <small>Nagaty, 1956</small>
- Helicometra dalianensis <small>(Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)</small>
- Helicometra dorabi <small>(Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)</small>
- Helicometra equilata <small>(Manter, 1933)</small>
- Helicometra fasciata <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>
- Helicometra filamentosa <small>Madhavi, 1975</small>
- Helicometra fusiformis <small>Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992</small>
- Helicometra gibsoni <small>Meenakshi, Madhavi & Swarnkumari, 1993</small>
- Helicometra gomphosi <small>Yamaguti, 1970</small>
- Helicometra grandora <small>Manter, 1954</small>
- Helicometra hapalogenyos <small>Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992</small>
- Helicometra indica <small>Agrawal, 1964</small>
- Helicometra insolita <small>Polyanski, 1955</small>
- Helicometra interrupta <small>Hassanine, 2005</small>
- Helicometra kyliotrema <small>Pritchard, 1966</small>
- Helicometra manteri <small>Andres, Ray, Pulis, Curran & Overstreet, 2014</small>
- Helicometra nasae <small>Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962</small>
- Helicometra neoscorpaenae <small>Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992</small>
- Helicometra overstreeti <small>Blend & Dronen, 2015</small>
- Helicometra pisanoae <small>Zdzitowiecki, 1998</small>
- Helicometra pisodonophi <small>Há, 2012</small>
- Helicometra pleurogrammi <small>(Baeva, 1968)</small>
- Helicometra plovmornini <small>Issaitchikov, 1928</small>
- Helicometra pteroisi <small>(Gupta, 1956)</small>
- Helicometra rakusai <small>Zdzitowiecki, 1997</small>
- Helicometra robinsorum <small>Overstreet & Martin, 1974</small>
- Helicometra scorpaenae <small>Prudhoe & Bray, 1973</small>
- Helicometra sebastis <small>(Sekerak & Arai, 1974)</small>
- Helicometra selaroides <small>Shen, 1986</small>
- Helicometra sinipercae <small>Wang, 1982</small>
- Helicometra sprenti <small>Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2006</small>
- Helicometra tenuifolia <small>Woolcock, 1935</small>
- Helicometra torta <small>Linton, 1910</small>
Species later synonymised with species of Helicometra
- Helicometra antarcticae <small>Holloway & Bier, 1968</small>
- Neohelicometra antarcticae <small>(Holloway & Bier, 1968)</small>
- Helicometra boseli <small>Nagaty, 1956</small>
- Helicometra rectisaccus <small>(Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964)</small>
- Stenopera rectisaccus <small>Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964</small>
- Helicometra dalianensis <small>(Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989)</small>
- Neohelicometra dalianensis <small>Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1989</small>
- Helicometra dorabi <small>(Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966)</small>
- Stenopera dorabi <small>Mamaev & Oshmarin, 1966</small>
- Helicometra equilata <small>(Manter, 1933)</small>
- Stenopera equilata <small>Manter, 1933</small>
- Helicometra fasciata <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>
- Helicometra dochmosorchis <small>Manter & Pritchard, 1960</small>
- Helicometra epinepheli <small>Yamaguti, 1934</small>
- Helicometra flava <small>Stossich, 1903</small>
- Helicometra gobii <small>(Stossich, 1883)</small>
- Helicometra hypodytis <small>Yamaguti, 1934</small>
- Helicometra labri <small>(Stossich, 1886)</small>
- Helicometra markewitschi <small>Pogorel'tseva, 1954</small>
- Helicometra marmoratae <small>Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1962</small>
- Helicometra mutabilis <small>(Stossich, 1902)</small>
- Helicometra pulchella <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>
- Helicometra scorpaenae <small>Wang, 1982</small>
- Helicometra sinuata <small>(Rudolphi, 1819)</small>
- Helicometra upapalu <small>Yamaguti, 1970</small>
- Helicometra insolita <small>Polyanski, 1955</small>
- Neohelicometra insolita <small>(Polyansky, 1955)</small>
- Helicometra pisodonophi <small>Nguyen Van Ha, 2012</small>
- Hamacreadium gymnomuraenae <small>Shen & Li, 2000</small>
- Helicometra pleurogrammi <small>(Baeva, 1968)</small>
- Allostenopera pleurogrammi <small>Baeva, 1968</small>
- Helicometra pugetensis <small>Schell, 1973</small>
- Neohelicometra pleurogrammi <small>(Baeva, 1968)</small>
- Helicometra pteroisi <small>(Gupta, 1956)</small>
- Stenopera pteroisi <small>Gupta, 1956</small>
- Helicometra sebastis <small>(Sekerak & Arai, 1974)</small>
- Neohelicometra sebastis <small>Sekerak & Arai, 1974</small>
- Helicometra tenuifolia <small>Woolcock, 1935</small>
- Helicometra neosebastodis <small>Crowcroft, 1947</small>
- Helicometra torta <small>Linton, 1910</small>
- Helicometra pretiosa <small>Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957</small>
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