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Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925

108432  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108432)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Platyhelminthes (Phylum)
  4. Rhabditophora (Subphylum)
  5. Neodermata (Superclass)
  6. Trematoda (Class)
  7. Digenea (Subclass)
  8. Plagiorchiida (Order)
  9. Xiphidiata (Suborder)
  10. Opecoeloidea (Superfamily)
  11. Opecoelidae (Family)
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Family
Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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  1. Genus Abyssopedunculus Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
  2. Subfamily Bathycreadiinae Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
    1. Genus Bathycreadium Kabata, 1961
  3. Subfamily Hamacreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2020
    1. Genus Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966
    2. Genus Bentholebouria Andres, Pulis & Overstreet, 2014
    3. Genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909
    4. Genus Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018
    5. Genus Hamacreadium Linton, 1910
    6. Genus Pacificreadium Durio & Manter, 1968
    7. Genus Paraplagioporus Yamaguti, 1939
    8. Genus Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934
    9. Genus Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934
  4. Subfamily Helicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016
    1. Genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902
    2. Genus Helicometrina Linton, 1910
    3. Genus Neohelicometra Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
    4. Genus Proneohelicometra Hassanine, 2006
    5. Genus Allostenopera Baeva, 1968 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902
    6. Genus Loborchis Stossich, 1902 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (synonym)
  5. Genus Mesobathylebouria Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
  6. Subfamily Neopycnadeninae Karar, Blend, Mohamadain, Hassan, Khalifa & Dronen, 2020
    1. Genus Neopycnadena Karar, Blend, Mohamadain, Hassan, Khalifa & Dronen, 2020
  7. Subfamily Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925
    1. Genus Anisoporus Ozaki, 1928
    2. Genus Anomalotrema Zhukov, 1957
    3. Genus Apertile Overstreet, 1969
    4. Genus Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915
    5. Genus Dactylomyza Aken'Ova, 2003
    6. Genus Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935
    7. Genus Dimerosaccus Shimazu, 1980
    8. Genus Discoverytrema Gibson, 1976
    9. Genus Genitocotyle Park, 1937
    10. Genus Labracetabulum Reimer, 1987
    11. Genus Manteriella Yamaguti, 1958
    12. Genus Margolisia Bray, 1987
    13. Genus Neodactylostomum Toman, 1996
    14. Genus Notoporus Yamaguti, 1938
    15. Genus Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928
    16. Genus Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925
    17. Genus Opegaster Ozaki, 1928
    18. Genus Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966
    19. Genus Parvacreadium Manter, 1940
    20. Genus Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948
    21. Genus Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, 1940
    22. Genus Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946
    23. Genus Alloanomalotrema Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948 (synonym)
    24. Genus Cymbephallus Linton, 1934 accepted as Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    25. Genus Fimbriatus von Wicklen, 1946 accepted as Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928 (Synonym)
    26. Genus Horatrema Srivastava, 1942 accepted as Notoporus Yamaguti, 1938 (synonym)
    27. Genus Neopecoelus Manter, 1947 accepted as Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 (synonym)
    28. Genus Opedunculata Dwivedi, 1975 accepted as Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 (Synonym)
    29. Genus Ozakia Wisniewski, 1933 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
    30. Genus Paradactylostomum Toman, 1992 nec Zhukov, 1972 accepted as Neodactylostomum Toman, 1996 (synonym)
    31. Genus Paradactylostomum Zhukov, 1972 nec Toman, 1992 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
    32. Genus Prolabria Reimer, 1987 accepted as Labracetabulum Reimer, 1987 (synonym)
    33. Genus Pseudocoitocaecum Bilqees, 1972 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
    34. Genus Pseudonotoporus Ahmad, 1985 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  8. Subfamily Opecoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984 
    1. Genus Bartoliella Aken'Ova, 2003
    2. Genus Opecoelina Manter, 1934
    3. Genus Dideutosaccus Acena, 1941 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
  9. Subfamily Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929
    1. Genus Gaevskajatrema Gibson & Bray, 1982
    2. Genus Heterolebes Ozaki, 1935
    3. Genus Maculifer Nicoll, 1915
    4. Genus Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982
    5. Genus Magnaosimum Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
    6. Genus Opistholebes Nicoll, 1915
    7. Genus Pachycreadium Manter, 1954
    8. Genus Parallelolebes Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
    9. Genus Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909
    10. Genus Pinguitrema Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
    11. Genus Propycnadenoides Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964
    12. Genus Pseudoheterolebes Yamaguti, 1959 nec Gupta, 1968
    13. Genus Pseudopycnadena Saad-Fares & Maillard, 1986
    14. Genus Pycnadena Linton, 1911
    15. Genus Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938
    16. Genus Alloheterolebes Hafeezullah, 1971 accepted as Maculifer Nicoll, 1915 (New name for Pseudoheterolebes Gupta, 1968; synonym)
    17. Genus Didymorchis Linton, 1910 accepted as Pycnadena Linton, 1911
    18. Genus Pseudoheterolebes Gupta, 1969 nec Yamaguti, 1959 accepted as Alloheterolebes Hafeezullah, 1971 accepted as Maculifer Nicoll, 1915 (preoccupied; renamed Alloheterolebes by Hafeezullah (1971))
    19. Genus Birendralebes Srivastava & Ghosh, 1972 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, incertae sedis)
  10. Subfamily Plagioporinae Manter, 1947
    1. Genus Anthochoanocotyle Kamegai, 1972
    2. Genus Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005
    3. Genus Decemtestis Yamaguti, 1934
    4. Genus Diplobulbus Yamaguti, 1934
    5. Genus Eucreadium Dayal, 1942
    6. Genus Heterochoanostoma Machida, 2014
    7. Genus Hysterogonia Hanson, 1955
    8. Genus Jerguillicola Bray, 2002
    9. Genus Mesocreadium Reimer, 1987
    10. Genus Multivitellina Schell, 1974
    11. Genus Neochoanostoma Bray & Cribb, 1989
    12. Genus Neopecoelina Gupta, 1955
    13. Genus Neopodocotyle Dayal, 1950
    14. Genus Nezpercella Schell, 1974
    15. Genus Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
    16. Genus Paramanteriella Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1988
    17. Genus Pellamyzon Montgomery, 1957
    18. Genus Phyllotrema Yamaguti, 1934
    19. Genus Plagiocirrus Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932
    20. Genus Plagioporus Stafford, 1904
    21. Genus Pseudopodocotyle Caballero Rodríguez, 1970
    22. Genus Pseudosphaerostomum Koval & Shevchenko, 1970
    23. Genus Pseudurorchis Yamaguti, 1971
    24. Genus Sphaerostoma Rudolphi, 1809
    25. Genus Trilobovarium Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017
    26. Genus Urorchis Ozaki, 1927
    27. Genus Vesicocoelium Tang, Hsu, Huang & Lu, 1975
    28. Genus Villarrealina Bolaños & Salas, 1982
    29. Genus Allodecemtestis Hafeezullah, 1970 accepted as Decemtestis Yamaguti, 1934 (synonym)
    30. Genus Anabathycreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
    31. Genus Apopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
    32. Genus Baicalotrema Layman, 1951 accepted as Baikalotrema Layman, 1951 accepted as Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (Lapsus)
    33. Genus Baikalotrema Layman, 1951 accepted as Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (synonym)
    34. Genus Cainocreadoides Nagaty, 1956 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (Synonym)
    35. Genus Caudotestis Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Neoplagioporus Shimazu, 1990 accepted as Urorchis Ozaki, 1927 (junior homonym of Caudotestis Issaitschikov, 1928)
    36. Genus Choannostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018 (Lapsus)
    37. Genus Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018 (Pre-occupied)
    38. Genus Cotylogonoporum Thapar & Dayal, 1934 accepted as Sphaerostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    39. Genus Crowcrocaecum Skrjabin & Koval, 1956 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
    40. Genus Cryptacetabulum Shalaby & Hassanine, 1997 accepted as Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982 (synonym)
    41. Genus Emmettrema Caballero, 1946 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (Synonym)
    42. Genus Excoitocaecum Slusarski, 1958 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
    43. Genus Gangatrema Agarwal & Kumar, 1981 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
    44. Genus Godavaritrema Karyakarte & Yadav, 1976 accepted as Vesicocoelium Tang, Hsu, Huang & Lu, 1975 (synonym according to Cribb, 2005)
    45. Genus Indocreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
    46. Genus Lebouria Nicoll, 1909 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonymy according to Gibson & Bray (1982))
    47. Genus Lucknoides Gupta, 1955 accepted as Neopecoelina Gupta, 1955
    48. Genus Neoplagioporus Shimazu, 1990 accepted as Urorchis Ozaki, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    49. Genus Neopodocotyloides Pritchard, 1966 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
    50. Genus Nicollia Wisniewski, 1933 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934 (pre-occupied by Nicollia Nuttall, 1908, Kritschewsky, 1922 and Baylis, 1930)
    51. Genus Olivacreadium Bilqees, 1976 accepted as Hamacreadium Linton, 1910 (synonym)
    52. Genus Orthodena Durio & Manter, 1968 accepted as Pseudoplagioporus Yamaguti, 1938
    53. Genus Pedunculotrema Fischthal & Thomas, 1970 accepted as Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 (synonym)
    54. Genus Pirupalkia Puga & Figueroa, 1989 accepted as Villarrealina Bolaños & Salas, 1982 (synonym)
    55. Genus Sinistroporus Stafford, 1904 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
    56. Genus Sphaerostomum Looss, 1899 accepted as Sphaerostoma Rudolphi, 1809 (Synonym)
    57. Genus Stenopera Manter, 1933 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    58. Genus Parapolylekithum Bilqees, Ghazi, Khan & Khatoon, 2004 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
    59. Genus Thynstenopera Bilqees & Khatoon, 2004 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  11. Subfamily Podocotylinae Dollfus, 1959
    1. Genus Bathypodocotyle Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
    2. Genus Buticulotrema Blend, Dronen & McEachran, 1993
    3. Genus Halosaurotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
    4. Genus Macrourimegatrema Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004
    5. Genus Neolebouria Gibson, 1976
    6. Genus Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845
    7. Genus Tellervotrema Gibson & Bray, 1982
  12. Subfamily Polypipapiliotrematinae Martin, Cutmore & Cribb in Martin, Sasal, Cutmore, Ward, Aeby & Cribb, 2018
    1. Genus Polypipapiliotrema Martin, Cutmore & Cribb in Martin, Sasal, Cutmore, Ward, Aeby & Cribb, 2018
  13. Subfamily Pseudoplagioporinae Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
    1. Genus Fairfaxia Cribb, 1989
    2. Genus Pseudoplagioporus Yamaguti, 1938
    3. Genus Shimazuia Cribb, 2005
  14. Subfamily Scorpidotrematinae Sokolov, Shchenkov, Frolov & Gordeev, 2022
    1. Genus Holsworthotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
    2. Genus Neonotoporus Srivastava, 1942
    3. Genus Pseudopecoelina Yamaguti, 1942
    4. Genus Scorpidotrema Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003
  15. Subfamily Coitocaecinae Poche, 1926 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Subfamily Decemtestiinae Mehra, 1966 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
  17. Subfamily Genitocotylinae Skrjabin & Petrov, 1958 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Subfamily Horatrematinae Srivastava, 1942 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (synonym)
  19. Subfamily Hysterogoniinae Yamaguti, 1970 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
  20. Subfamily Notoporinae Yamaguti, 1938 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (synonym)
  21. Subfamily Phyllotrematinae Mehra, 1966 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
  22. Subfamily Phyllotrematinae Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
  23. Subfamily Sphaerostomatinae Poche, 1926 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
  24. Subfamily Urorchiinae Yamaguti, 1958 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947
marine, brackish, fresh
Ozaki, Y. (1925). Preliminary notes on a trematode with anus. Journal of Parasitology. 12: 51-53. [details] 
WoRMS (2025). Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108432 on 2025-05-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gibson, David
2010-04-26 13:13:54Z
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Cribb, Thomas
2013-03-29 08:18:59Z
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Gibson, David
2020-06-17 08:01:26Z
changed
Bray, Rod

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Nomenclature

original description Ozaki, Y. (1925). Preliminary notes on a trematode with anus. Journal of Parasitology. 12: 51-53. [details] 

original description (of Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 2, 219-351.
page(s): 336 [details] 

original description (of Notoporidae Yamaguti, 1938) Yamaguti, S. (1938). Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV. Kyöto: Yamaguti, S, 139 pp.
page(s): 56 [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] 

Identification resource

identification resource Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531.
page(s): 443 [details] 

identification resource Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 2: 5-33.
page(s): 6 [details] 

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies Opecoelinae Stunkard, 1931; Genitocotylinae Skrjabin, Petrow et Koval, 1958; Horatrematinae Srivastava, 1942; Notoporinae Srivastava, 1942. Osnovy Trematodologii. 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 81 [details] 

identification resource Shimazu, 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.
page(s): 1 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Martin, S. B.; Downie, A. J.; Cribb, T. H. (2020). A new subfamily for a clade of opecoelids (Trematoda: Digenea) exploiting marine fishes as second-intermediate hosts, with the first report of opecoelid metacercariae from an elasmobranch. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 455–472., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz084 [details] 

additional source Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. Helminthologia. 52(3): 167-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031 [details] 

additional source Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Waeschenbach, A. (2016). The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily. Folia Parasitologica. 63., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2016.013
page(s): 1 [details] 

biology source Barnett, L. J.; Miller, T. L.; Cribb, T. H. (2014). A review of the currently recognised opecoelid cercariae, including the identification and emergence ecology of Cercaria capricornia XII (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Nassarius olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia. Parasitology International. 63 (5): 670–682., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2014.04.007
page(s): 670 [details] 

 
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