Species Oceroma praecox (Walker, 1971)
- Cercaria praecox Walker, J.C. 1971. A fellodistomid cercaria from Mytilus planulatus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97: 87–92.
Type data:
Syntype(s) PHTMS MN1663 cercariae, Sydney Harbour and the south coast of NSW.Type host:
Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 [MYTILIDAE]
Generic Combinations
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Mytilus planulatus Lamarck, 1819 [MYTILIDAE] Blue Sea Mussel (intermediate host); Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 [KYPHOSIDAE] Silver sweep (definitive host)).
Associated Fauna References
Cribb, T.H., Miller, T.L., Bray, R.A. & Cutmore, S.C. 2014. The sexual adult of Cercaria praecox Walker, 1971 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae), with the proposal of Oceroma n. g. Systematic Parasitology 88: 1–10 (Scorpis lineolata)
Walker, J.C. 1971. A fellodistomid cercaria from Mytilus planulatus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 97: 87–92 (Mytilus planulatus)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | TREMATODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Nicholas Wee (QM) |
| 07-Feb-2024 | TREMATODA | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | TREMATODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | TREMATODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | TREMATODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIGENEA Carus, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong |
| PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 16-Apr-2014 | ADDED | Professor Thomas Cribb |