Holocentricola is a genus of digeneans in the family Aporocotylidae or blood flukes, described in 2021. The name of the genus refers to the host fish, which are members of the family Holocentridae or squirrelfishes.
The genus includes three species
- Holocentricola rufus <small>Cutmore & Cribb, 2021</small> from Sargocentron rubrum <small>(ForsskÃÂ¥l)</small>, from off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, and Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
- Holocentricola exilis <small>Cutmore & Cribb, 2021</small> from Neoniphon sammara <small>(ForsskÃÂ¥l)</small> from off Lizard Island
- Holocentricola coronatus <small>Cutmore & Cribb, 2021</small> from Sargocentron diadema <small>(Lacepède)</small> off Lizard Island.
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