WoRMS taxon details
Opegaster Ozaki, 1928
344928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344928)
accepted
Genus
- Species Opegaster acuta Manter, 1940
- Species Opegaster anguillii Harshey, 1933
- Species Opegaster apogonichthydis Yamaguti, 1938
- Species Opegaster bothi Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster brevifistula Ozaki, 1928
- Species Opegaster cryptocentri Yamaguti, 1958
- Species Opegaster dactylopteri Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster dendrochiri Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster dermatogenyos Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster ditrematis Yamaguti, 1942
- Species Opegaster elongata Yamaguti, 1959
- Species Opegaster gobii Yamaguti, 1952
- Species Opegaster hawaiiensis Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster hippocampi Shen, 1982
- Species Opegaster iniistii Yamaguti, 1970
- Species Opegaster longivesicula Yamaguti, 1952
- Species Opegaster lutiani Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957
- Species Opegaster macrorchis Yamaguti, 1938
- Species Opegaster mastacembalii Harshey, 1937
- Species Opegaster mehrii Harshey, 1937
- Species Opegaster oplegnathi Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992
- Species Opegaster ouemoensis Bray & Justine, 2013
- Species Opegaster ovata Ozaki, 1928
- Species Opegaster paramacrorchis Hafeezullah, 1971
- Species Opegaster parapristipomatis Yamaguti, 1934
- Species Opegaster plotosi Yamaguti, 1940
- Species Opegaster pritchardae Overstreet, 1969
- Species Opegaster queenslandica (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justin, 2013
- Species Opegaster recta Ozaki, 1928
- Species Opegaster syngnathi Yamaguti, 1934
- Species Opegaster synodi Manter, 1947
- Species Opegaster tamori Yamaguti, 1938
- Species Opegaster beliyai Pande, 1937 accepted as Opecoelus beliyai (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster cameroni Caballero y C. & Caballero R., 1969 accepted as Opecoelus cameroni (Caballero y C. & Caballero R., 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster caulopsettae Manter, 1954 accepted as Opecoelus caulopsettae (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster gonorhynchi Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979 accepted as Opecoelus gonorhynchi (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster minimus (Tubangui, 1928) Tubangui & Masilungan, 1944 accepted as Opegaster minima (Tubangui, 1928) Tubangui & Masilungan, 1944 accepted as Opecoelus minimus Tubangui, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Opegaster ovatus Ozaki, 1928 accepted as Opegaster ovata Ozaki, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Opegaster ozaki Layman, 1930 accepted as Opecoelus ozaki (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster pentedactyla Manter, 1940 accepted as Opecoelus pentedactylus (Manter, 1940) Manter, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opegaster queenslandicus (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justine, 2013 accepted as Opegaster queenslandica (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justin, 2013 (Malformed suffix)
- Species Opegaster rectus Ozaki, 1928 accepted as Opegaster recta Ozaki, 1928 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Opegaster alykhani Bilqees, Hadi, Khatoon, Muti-ur-Rehman, Perveen & Haseeb, 2009 (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh
feminine
Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2: 5-33. [details]
Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this...
Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this difference of opinion, we retain the conception of Cribb (2005).
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Nomenclature
original description
Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. <em>Japanese Journal of Zoology.</em> 2: 5-33. [details]
basis of record Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. <em>Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.</em> [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Zdzitowiecki, K. (1997). Antarctic Digenea, parasites of fishes. <em>Synopses of the Antarctic Benthos. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, 156.</em> [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Ghosh, A.; Rizvi, A. N. (2022). Trematode parasites in fishes from Chilika: Three new records to India. <em>Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences.</em> Vol. 51 (07), 633-640. [details]
taxonomy source Bray, R.A.; Justine, J.L. (2013). A digenean parasite in a mudskipper: Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in the mangroves of New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitol (Praha).</em> 60(1):7-16. [details]
taxonomy source 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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 67(1): 25-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9068-0 [details]
taxonomy source Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 2, 325-497.
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Bray, R.A.; Justine, J.L. (2013). A digenean parasite in a mudskipper: Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in the mangroves of New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitol (Praha).</em> 60(1):7-16. [details]
taxonomy source 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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 67(1): 25-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9068-0 [details]
taxonomy source Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 2, 325-497.
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors
[request]Identification resource
identification resource
Cribb, 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): 494 [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. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 494 [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. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 222 [details]
Other
additional source
Johns, P.; Newman, L.J.; Holleman, J.J.; Dawson, E.W.; Sterrer, W.; Allison, F.R.; Diggles, B.K.; Andrews, J.R.H.; Hine, P.M.; McKenna, P.B.; Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, tapeworms, flukes, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 102-128. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Considered a synonym of Opecoelus by Aken'Ova (2007), but still recognised by Bray & Justine (2013). In view of this difference of opinion, we retain the conception of Cribb (2005). DIG [details]
