Proctoeces maculatus is a trematode from the Proctoeces genus

Proctoeces maculatus is a trematode from the Proctoeces genus. The parasite affects different types of marine mussels and initiates a host-parasite relationship. In addition, the parasite has been isolated from mollusks such as Scrobicularia spana suggesting that parasite has both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts (White 457). Proctoeces maculatus was first described in the year 1901 as a distinct species by Loos as a trematode that causes parasitic infection in the marine fish families like Sparidae and Labridae (Stunkard and Uzmann 184). In addition it was isolated from the marine fish species Mytilus edulis