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of trematodes in the

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Opecoelidae.

Species

*'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishes of La Jolla, California. ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'', 101(3279), 315–340. *'' Opecoelus arii'' Wang, 1982Wang, P. Q. (1982). Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Fujian Province, China. ''Wuyi Science Journal'', 2, 65–74. *'' Opecoelus atlanticus'' Zhukov, 1983Zhukov, E. V. (1983). New representatives of the fauna of trematodes from the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. ''Parazitologiya'', 17(2), 112–117. *'' Opecoelus beliyai'' (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007Pande, В. P. (1937). Two new fish trematodes from Allahabad. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Biological Sciences'', 7(2), 111–115.Aken’Ova, T. O. (2007). The taxonomic status of ''Opegaster'' Ozaki, 1928 and the description of four new species of ''Opecoelus'' Ozaki, 1925 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from marine teleosts in Australian waters. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 67(1), 25–42. *'' Opecoelus bohaiensis'' Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1988Li, Q., Qiu, Z. & Zhang, R. (1988). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Bo-hai Sea, China, V. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica'', 13, 329–336. *''

Opecoelus caballeroi ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Caballero Rodríguez, 1977Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1977). Estudios de la collecion de trematodos colectados por Howard A. Winter, en peces del Oceano Pacifico de Mexico y de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica. 7. ''Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales'', 4, 135–140. *''

Opecoelus cameroni ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1969). Un trematode nouveau parasite de ''Rana pipiens'' Schreber, 1872 de la République de Costa Rica (Amerique centrale). ''Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée'', 44, 539–546. *''

Opecoelus caulopsettae ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007Manter, H. W. (1954). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. ''Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand'', 82, 475–568. *'' Opecoelus crowcrofti'' Aken'Ova, 2007 *''

Opecoelus goniistii ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1938Yamaguti, S. (1938). ''Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV''. Kyōto: Yamaguti, S. *''

Opecoelus gonorhynchi ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, L. P. (1979). New species of trematodes from commercial fishes of the Indian Ocean. ''Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok'', 3, 83–86. *'' Opecoelus haduyngoi'' Nguyễn, 2012Nguyễn, V. H. (2012). Mô tả hai loài sán lá mới ''Helicometra pisodonophi'' sp. n. và ''Opecoelus haduyngoi'' sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) ký sinh ở cá biển Vịnh Hạ Long, Việt Nam. ''Journal of Biology'', 34(2), 133–138. *''

Opecoelus himezi ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1952Yamaguti, S. (1951). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 44. Trematodes of fishes. IX. ''Acta Medica Okayama'', 7, 247–282. *'' Opecoelus inimici'' Yamaguti, 1934Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes. I. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 5, 249–541. *''

Opecoelus jamunicus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Srivastava, 1968) Aken'Ova, 2007Srivastava, C. B. (1968). On three new trematodes from fresh-water eels (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'', 180, 321–328. *''

Opecoelus kuhliae ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1970Yamaguti, S. (1970). ''Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes''. Tokyo: Keigaku. *''

Opecoelus lateolabracis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1958Yamaguti, S. (1958). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 52. Trematodes of fishes, XI. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 6(3), 369–384. *''

Opecoelus lobatus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Ozaki, 1925 *''

Opecoelus lotellae ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Manter, 1954 *''

Opecoelus mastacembalii ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007Harshey, K. R (1937). On two new trematodes of the genus ''Opegaster'' Ozaki, with a systematic discussion on the families Opecœlidæ Ozaki, 1925 and Coitocæcidæ Ozaki, 1928. ''Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences'', A(3). *''

Opecoelus mehrii ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 *''

Opecoelus mexicanus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Manter, 1940Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. ''Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions'', 2, 364–473. *''

Opecoelus minimus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Tubangui, 1928Tubangui, M. A. (1928). Trematode parasites of Philippine vertebrates. ''Philippine Journal of Science'', 36(3), 351–369. *''

Opecoelus minor ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1934 *''

Opecoelus mulloidichthydis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of Trematoda, trematodes in the Family (biology), family Opecoelidae. Species *''Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new ...

'' Yamaguti, 1970 *'' Opecoelus mutu'' Yamaguti, 1940Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 9, 35–108. *''

Opecoelus nipponicus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1951Yamaguti, S. (1951). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 44. Trematodes of fishes, IX. ''Acta Medica Okayama'', 7, 247–282. *'' Opecoelus noblei'' Banerjee, 1965Banerjee, A. C. (1965). Some opecoelid trematodes from California with a description of ''Opecoelus noblei'', sp. nov. ''American Midland Naturalist'', 74(2), 451–456. *'' Opecoelus ozaki'' (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954Layman, E. M. (1930). Parasitic worms from the fishes of Peter The Great Bay. ''Izvestiya Tikhookeanskoi Nauchno-Promyslovi Ostantsii'', 3, 1–120.Yamaguti, S. (1954). ''Systema helminthum. Part I. Digenetic trematodes of fishes''. Tokyo: Yamaguti, S. *''

Opecoelus pacificus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1976Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1976). Estudio de la colección de tremátodos colectados por Howard A. Winter en peces del Océano Pacífico de México y de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. V. ''Revista de Biología Tropical'', 24(2), 191–198. *'' Opecoelus pagrosomi'' Yamaguti, 1958 *''

Opecoelus pentedactylus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' (Manter, 1940) Aken'Ova, 2007 *''

Opecoelus piriformis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1952Yamaguti, S. (1952). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. ''Acta Medicinae Okayama'', 8(2), 147–197. *''

Opecoelus platycephali ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1970 *'' Opecoelus pomatomi'' Aken'Ova, 2007 *'' Opecoelus pteroisi'' Shen, 1986Shen, J. (1986). Opecoelidae trematodes of marine fishes from Hainan Island. ''Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica'', 17(5), 379–385. *'' Opecoelus quadratus'' Ozaki, 1928Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 2, 5–33. *'' Opecoelus rhadinotus'' Manter, 1963Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. ''Journal of Parasitology'', 49, 99–113. *'' Opecoelus scorpaenidicola'' Prudhoe & Bray, 1973Prudhoe, S. & Bray R. A. (1973). Digenetic trematodes from fishes. ''Reports A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, Series B'', 8, 195–225. *''

Opecoelus sebastisci ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1958 *''

Opecoelus sebastodis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Yamaguti, 1934 *''

Opecoelus sphæricus ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Ozaki, 1925 *'' Opecoelus tasmanicus'' Crowcroft, 1947Crowcroft, P. W. (1947). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. ''Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania'', 1946, 5–25. *''

Opecoelus ukigori ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Shimazu, 1988Shimazu, T. (1988). Trematodes of the genera ''Coitocaecum'', ''Dimerosaccus'' and ''Opecoelus'' (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. ''Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology'', 37, 1–19. *''

Opecoelus variabilis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Cribb, 1985Cribb, T. H. (1985). The life cycle and biology of ''Opecoelus variabilis'', sp. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae). ''Australian Journal of Zoology'', 33(5), 715–728. *''

Opecoelus woolcockae ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Aken'Ova, 2007 *''

Opecoelus xenistii ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Manter, 1940 *''

Opecoelus zhifuensis ''Opecoelus'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. Species *'' Opecoelus adsphaericus'' Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishe ...

'' Shen & Qiu, 1995Shen, J. W. & Qiu, Z. Z. (1995). ''Studies on the trematodes of fishes from the Yellow Sea and the Bo Hai Sea''. Beijing: Science Press.

Species later synonymised with species of ''Opecoelus''

*''Opecoelus beliyai'' (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster beliyai'' Pande, 1937 *''Opecoelus cameroni'' (Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster cameroni'' Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969 *''Opecoelus caulopsettae'' (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster caulopsettae'' Manter, 1954 *''Opecoelus gonorhynchi'' (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster gonorhynchi'' Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979 *''Opecoelus jamunicus'' (Srivastava, 1968) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster jamunicus'' Srivastava, 1968 *''Opecoelus mastacembalii'' (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster mastacembalii'' Harshey, 1937 *''Opecoelus mehrii'' (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster mehrii'' Harshey, 1937 *''Opecoelus mexicanus'' Manter, 1940 **''Podocotyle boneti'' Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1970Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1970). Estudios de la colección de tremátodos colectados por Howard A. Winter en peces del Océano Pacífico de México y de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. III. ''Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México'', 18, 265–272. *''Opecoelus ozaki'' (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954 **''Opegaster ozaki'' Layman, 1930 *''Opecoelus pentedactylus'' (Manter, 1940) Aken'Ova, 2007 **''Opegaster pentedactylus'' Manter, 1940

References

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