MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Opisthadena Linton, 1910

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Opisthadena Linton, 1910

AphiaID

108761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108761)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910 (type by original designation)

Parent

Opisthadeninae Yamaguti, 1970

Synonymised names

Ahemiurus Chauhan, 1953 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Opisthadena bodegensis Johnson & Copsey, 1953
Species Opisthadena cheni Martin, 1978
Species Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910
Species Opisthadena fujianensis Tang, Shi & Pan in Tang, Shi, Cao, Guan & Pan, 1983
Species Opisthadena karachii (Srivastava, 1941) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955
Species Opisthadena kuwaiti Al-Yamani & Nahhas, 1981
Species Opisthadena marina Tang, Shi & Cao in Tang, Shi, Cao, Guan & Pan, 1983
Species Opisthadena setapinnae Qiu & Liang in Shen & Qiu, 1995
Species Opisthadena cortesi Bravo-Hollis, 1966 accepted as Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Opisthadena kyphosi Yamaguti, 1970 accepted as Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linton, E. (1907). Notes on parasites of Bermuda fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33:85-126, pls. 1-15. (14-x-1907)
page(s): 54 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Opisthadena Linton, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108761 on 2025-04-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Opisthadena Linton, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108761 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-04-15 09:57:19Z

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Gibson, David

2013-09-26 09:24:08Z

changed

Gibson, David

2019-04-12 13:16:51Z

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Bray, Rod

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original description Linton, E. (1907). Notes on parasites of Bermuda fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33:85-126, pls. 1-15. (14-x-1907)
page(s): 54 [details]

original description (of Ahemiurus Chauhan, 1953) Chauhan, B. S. (1953). Studies on the trematode fauna of India. Part iv. Subclass Digenea (Prosostomata). (A revision of Hemiuroidea from the Indian Region). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 51 (2): 289–393.
page(s): 307 [details]

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

new combination reference Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3604
page(s): 67 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I., Guschanskaja, L. H. (1955). Suborder Hemiurata (Markevitsch, 1951) Skrjabin et Guschanskaja, 1954. Part 3. Osnovy Trematodologii. 11, 465-748. (In Russian).
page(s): 643 [details]

identification resource Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340.
page(s): 332 [details]

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