original descriptionOzaki, Y. (1925). Preliminary notes on a trematode with anus. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 12: 51-53.[details]
original description(ofOpistholebetidae Fukui, 1929)Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2, 219-351. page(s): 336 [details]
original description(ofNotoporidae Yamaguti, 1938)Yamaguti, S. (1938). <em>Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV.</em> Kyöto: Yamaguti, S, 139 pp. page(s): 56 [details]
basis of recordGibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceMartin, 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. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 188 (2): 455–472., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz084[details]
additional sourceChoudhary, 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. <em>Helminthologia.</em> 52(3): 167-187., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031[details]
additional sourceBray, 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. <em>Folia Parasitologica.</em> 63., available online athttps://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2016.013 page(s): 1 [details]
identification resourceCribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). <em>Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2.</em> Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531. page(s): 443 [details]
identification resourceOzaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2: 5-33. page(s): 6 [details]
identification resourceSkrjabin, 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. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian). page(s): 81 [details]
identification resourceShimazu, T. (1988). Trematodes of the genera Coitocaecum, Dimerosaccus and Opecoelus (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.</em> 37, 1-19. page(s): 1 [details]
biology sourceBarnett, 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. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 63 (5): 670–682., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2014.04.007 page(s): 670 [details]
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