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Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. It was considered by Bray et al. to belong in the superfamily Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925 or the Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905.
Pseudopecoeloides is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Hamacreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with Olivacreadium Bilqees, 1976. Species of Hamacreadium are endoparasitic in fish such as Lethrinus Cuvier, 1829.
Allopodocotyle is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Cainocreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Apopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966, Cainocreadoides Nagaty, 1956, and Emmettrema Caballero y Caballero, 1946.
Coitocaecum is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised to Ozakia Wisniewski, 1934, Paradactylostomum Zhukov, 1972 nec Toman, 1992, and Pseudocoitocaecum Bilqees, 1972.
Dactylomyza is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Dactylostomum is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is synonyised with Opedunculata Dwivedi, 1975.
Decemtestis is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Allodecemtestis Hafeezullah, 1970.
Diplobulbus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Helicometra is a genus of trematodes in the class Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with AllostenoperaBaeva, 1968, MetahelicometraYamaguti, 1971, and StenoperaManter, 1933. Its type species is H. fasciata(Rudolphi, 1819). They are distinguished by their unique spiral uterus, from which their name is derived.
Neolebouria is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Neonotoporus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Opecoelus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Opegaster is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Peracreadium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It is very similar to the related genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909, and has been synonymised with the genera Anabathycreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990, Indocreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990, and Lebouria Nicoll, 1909.
Podocotyloides is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Pseudopecoelus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It has been synonymised with Neopecoelus Manter, 1947.
Caudotestis is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
Trilobovarium is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.
References
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- ↑ Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications, 435, 257–345.
- ↑ Fischthal, J. H. & Thomas, J. D. (1968). Digenetic trematodes of some freshwater and marine fishes from Ghana. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 35, 126–140.
- 1 2 Aken'Ova, T. O. (2003). Three species of Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), including two new species from temperate marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology, 55(3), 221–232.
- ↑ Fischthal, J. H. & Thomas, J. D. (1972). Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Senegal. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 34, 292–322.
- ↑ Stossich, M. (1885). Prospetto della Fauna del Mare Adriatico. Parte VI. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste, 9, 112–164.
- ↑ Gibson, D. I. & Bray, R. A. (1989). The taxonomic status of Distomum umbrinae Stossich, 1885 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the sciaenid fish Umbrina cirrosa (L.) in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology, 13(1), 63–70.
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