Family OPECOELIDAE Ozaki, 1925

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Subfamily Hamcreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2020

Hamcreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2020.

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Genus Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966

Allopodocotyle Pritchard, M.H. 1966. A revision of the genus Podocotyle (Trematoda: Opocoelidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 93: 158-172, 2 figs [160].
Type species:
Podocotyle plectropomi Manter, 1963 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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Species Allopodocotyle epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1942)

Podocotyle epinepheli Yamaguti, S. 1942. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 39. Trematodes of fishes mainly from Naha. Transactions of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 3: 329-398.
Type host:
Epinephelus chlorostigma Valenciennes, 1828 [SERRANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Allopodocotyle epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1942). —
Pritchard, M.H. 1966. A revision of the genus Podocotyle (Trematoda: Opocoelidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 93: 158-172, 2 figs

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Blacktip Grouper; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Grouper).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1989. Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History 23: 429-473 (Australian record)

Rigby, M.C., Holmes, J.C., Cribb, T.H. & Morand, S. 1997. Patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminths of a coral reef fish, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), from French Polynesia and the South Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1818-1827 (Australian record)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Allopodocotyle heronensis Downie & Cribb, 2011

Allopodocotyle heronensis Downie, A.J. & Cribb, T.H. 2011. Phylogenetic studies explain the discrepant host distribution of Allopodocotyle heronensis sp nov (Digenea, Opecoelidae) in Great Barrier Reef serranids. Acta Parasitologica 56: 296-300.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 233037, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 233038–49, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
Type host:
Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) [SERRANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Chromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) [SERRANIDAE] Barramundi Cod; Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Brown-marbled Grouper).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Allopodocotyle mecopera (Manter, 1940) Pritchard, 1966

Podocotyle mecopera Manter, H.W. 1940. Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighbouring Pacific. Report of the Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2: 325-497, pls xxxii-l.
Type host:
Unknown [SERRANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Allopodocotyle mecopera (Manter, 1940). —
Pritchard, M.H. 1966. A revision of the genus Podocotyle (Trematoda: Opocoelidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 93: 158-172, 2 figs

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

IMCRA

Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Zanclistius elevatus (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888) [PENTACEROTIDAE] Longfin Boarfish; Paristiopterus gallipavo Whitley, 1944 [PENTACEROTIDAE] Yellowspotted Boarfish).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1975. [Contributions to the fauna of helminths and parasitic crustaceans of marine commercial fishes of Australian and New Zealand waters]. Trudy Biologopochvenn'i Institut, Vladivostock N.S. 26: 46-60 (Australian record)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Allopodocotyle skoliorchis Aken'Ova, 2003

Allopodocotyle skoliorchis Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. Allopodocotyle skoliorchis n. sp. (Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) from Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau) (Gerreidae), a temperate marine fish in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 54: 153-158.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 219414, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 219415-19, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 2002.11.1.1-3, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872) [GERREIDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Parequula melbournensis (Castelnau, 1872) [GERREIDAE] Silverbelly).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909

Cainocreadium Nicoll, W. 1909. Studies on the structure and classification of the digenetic trematodes. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 53: 391-487, pls ix, x [453].
Type species:
Cainocreadium labracis (Dujardin, 1845) Nicoll, 1909 by original designation.
Emmettrema Caballero y C., E. 1946. Un nuevo genero de trematodos de los peces marinos del Puerto de Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Zoologia 17: 167-174.
Cainocreadoides Nagaty, H.F. 1956. Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea Part 7. On two gyliauchenids and three allocreadoids, including four new species. Journal of Parasitology 42: 523-527.
Apopodocotyle Pritchard, M.H. 1966. Studies on digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes: Family Opecoelidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 93: 173-202.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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Species Cainocreadium alanwilliamsi Bray, 1990

Cainocreadium alanwilliamsi Bray, R.A. 1990. Two new opecoelids (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the flatfish Pseudorhombus jenynsi (Bleeker) from Shark Bay, Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 15(1): 33-40.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1988.6.14.13, Monkey Mia, Western Australia.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1988.6.14.14-22, Monkey Mia, Western Australia; SAMA AHC18406 Slide, Monkey Mia, Western Australia.
Type host:
Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Smalltooth Flounder).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Cainocreadium epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1934)

Helicometra epinepheli Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [298].
Type host:
Epinephelus akaara (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) [SERRANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Cainocreadium epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1934). —
Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb Grouper; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Grouper).

General References

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018

Choanotrema Nitta, M. & Tanaka, M. 2018. Choanotrema nom. nov. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae), a new replacement name for Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934, a junior homonym of Choanostoma Wang, 1930 (Ciliophora: Haptorida: Didiniidae). Systematic Parasitology 95: 969-970 [replacement name; replacement name for Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934, homonym of Choanostoma Wang, 1930 (Ciliophora: Haptorida: Didiniidae)].
Choanostoma Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [314].
Type species:
Choanostoma plectorhynchi Yamaguti, 1934 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs (Australian record)

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Species Choanotrema plectorhynchi (Yamaguti, 1934)

Choanostoma plectorhynchi Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [314].
Type host:
Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) [HAEMULIDAE] (as Plectorhynchus pictus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) [HAEMULIDAE] Painted Sweetlips).

General References

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Hamacreadium Linton, 1910

Hamacreadium Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98 [13, 34].
Type species:
Hamacreadium mutabile Linton, 1910 by monotypy.
Olivacreadium Bilqees, F.M. 1976. Olivacreadium n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new species from the fishes of the Karachi coast. Norwegian Journal of Zoology 24: 33-36.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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Species Hamacreadium mutabile Linton, 1910

Hamacreadium mutabile Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98.
Type host:
Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LUTJANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Dory Snapper; Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) [LUTJANIDAE] Hussar).

General References

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Pacificreadium Durio & Manter, 1968

Pacificreadium Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs [751].
Type species:
Pacificreadium serrani Durio & Manter, 1968 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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Species Pacificreadium serrani (Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962)

Podocotyle serrani Nagaty, H.F. & Abel Aal, T.M. 1962. Trematodes of fishes from the Red Sea. Part 19. On three new species of Podocotyle (family Allocreadiidae). Journal of Parasitology 48: 746-747 [746].
Type host:
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] (as Serranus miniatus)

Generic Combinations

Pacificreadium serrani (Nagaty & Abdel Aal, 1962). —
Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb Grouper; Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE] Leopard Coralgrouper; Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] Spotted Coralgrouper).

General References

Hall, K.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1999. V4 region of small subunit rDNA indicates polyphyly of the Fellodistomidae (Digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data. Systematic Parasitology 43: 81-92 (Australian record)

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934

Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Pedunculacetabulum inopinipugnus Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017

Pedunculacetabulum inopinipugnus Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31.
Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B4D4A9A3-B425-4DA6-9ADF-3231D6E0E1CA
Type data:
Holotype QM QMG236304, Lizard Island, GBR [14°40′S, 145°27′E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G236305–236317, Lizard Is., GBR [14°40′S, 145°27′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31.
Type host:
Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1855) [HAEMULIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31

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Genus Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934

Podocotyloides Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [295].
Type species:
Podocotyloides petalophallus Yamaguti, 1934 by original designation.
Pedunculotrema Fischthal, J.H. & Thomas, J.D. 1970. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Ghana: Family Opecoelidae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 37: 129-141.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Podocotyloides australis Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017

Podocotyloides australis Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31.
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Type data:
Holotype QM QMG236286, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island [27°30′S, 153°24′E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G236287–236299, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay; Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay [27°30′S, 153°24′E; 27°24′S, 153°26′E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [HAEMULIDAE] Oblique-banded sweetlips), parasitic (host(s): Diagramma pictum labiosum (Macleay, 1883) [HAEMULIDAE] Painted sweetlips).

Associated Fauna References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31 (Diagramma pictum labiosum; Plectorhinchus lineatus)

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05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Podocotyloides brevivesiculatus Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017

Podocotyloides brevivesiculatus Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31.
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Type data:
Holotype QM QMG236300, Lizard Is., Great Barrier Reef [14°40′S, 145°27′E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G236301–236303, Lizard Is., Great Barrier Reef [14°40′S, 145°27′E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [HAEMULIDAE] Oblique-banded sweetlips).

Associated Fauna References

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	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Podocotyloides gracilis (Yamaguti, 1952) Pritchard, 1966

Podocotyloides gracilis Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198.
Podocotyle gracilis Yamaguti, 1952.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diagramma pictum labiosum (Macleay, 1883) [HAEMULIDAE] Painted sweetlips), parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus sp. [LETHRINIDAE]), parasitic (host(s): Plectorhinchus multivittatus (Macleay, 1878) [HAEMULIDAE] Many-line sweetlips).

Associated Fauna References

Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198 (Lethrinus sp.)

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	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Podocotyloides parupenei (Manter, 1963)

Podocotyle parupenei Manter, H.W. 1963. Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. Journal of Parasitology 49: 99-113, 4 pls.
Secondary source:
Rohner, C.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Opecoelidae (Digenea: Trematoda) in northern Great Barrier Reef goatfishes (Perciformes: Mullidae). Systematic Parasitology 84: 237-253.

Generic Combinations

Podocotyloides parupenei (Manter, 1963).

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Species Podocotyloides victori Aken'Ova, 2003

Podocotyloides victori Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. A new species of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from a Western Australian temperate marine fish. Systematic Parasitology 55: 127-133.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 221946, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 221947-48, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E]; BMNH 2002.11.20.2, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E].
Type host:
Sillago bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillago bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Western School Sillago).

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11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Subfamily Helicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016

Helicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016.

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Genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902

Helicometra Odhner, T. 1902. Mittheilungen zur Kenntnis der Distomum. II. 1. Drei neue Distomen aus der Gallenblase von Nilfischen. 2. Deropristis n. g.. 3. Helicometra n. g. Allocreadiinarum. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie 36: 152-162, 3 text-figs [160].
Type species:
Helicometra pulchella (Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1902 by monotypy.
Stenopera Manter, H.W. 1933. The genus Helicometra and related trematodes from Tortugas, Florida. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 435: 167-182.
Allostenopera Baeva, O.M. 1968. Helminth fauna of Pleurogrammus azonus Jordan & Metz in the Sea of Japan. pp. 80-88 in Skryabin, K.I. & Manaev, Yu.L. (eds). [Helminths of Animals from the Pacific Ocean]. Moscow : Nauka.
Metahelicometra Yamaguti, S. 1971. Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing Co. 2 vols pp. 1-1074.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Cribb, T.H. 2005. Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. pp. 443-531 in Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford : CAB International 745 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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Species Helicometra bassensis Woolcock, 1935

Helicometra bassensis Woolcock, V. 1935. Digenetic trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 27: 309-331.
Type host:
Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Southern Sand Flathead).

General References

Crowcroft, P.W. 1947. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 81: 5-25

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819)

Distoma fasciata Rudolphi, C.A. 1819. Synopsis entozoorum cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Berolini : Augustus Rücker 811 pp.

Generic Combinations

Helicometra fasciata (Rudolphi, 1819). —
Odhner, T. 1902. Mittheilungen zur Kenntnis der Distomum. II. 1. Drei neue Distomen aus der Gallenblase von Nilfischen. 2. Deropristis n. g.. 3. Helicometra n. g. Allocreadiinarum. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie 36: 152-162, 3 text-figs

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [PINGUIPEDIDAE] Barred Sandperch; Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Batu Coris; Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801 [LABRIDAE] Bird Wrasse; Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Blacktip Grouper; Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepède, 1801) [LABRIDAE] Cheeklined Wrasse; Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) [LABRIDAE] Floral Wrasse; Centropogon australis (White, 1790) [TETRAROGIDAE] Fortescue; Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) [SPARIDAE] Goldlined Seabream; Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's Wrasse; Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb Grouper; Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Jansen's Wrasse; Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Largetooth Flounder; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Grouper; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon Wrasse; Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) [LABRIDAE] Redbreasted Wrasse; Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830) [LABRIDAE] Sixbar Wrasse; Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794) [ANTENNARIIDAE] Striated Frogfish; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [KYPHOSIDAE] Stripey; Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall & Hoese, 1988) [APOGONIDAE] Sydney Cardinalfish; Neosebastes thetidis (Waite, 1899) [NEOSEBASTIDAE] Thetis Fish; Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1833) [LABRIDAE] Three-ribbon Wrasse; Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 [LABRIDAE] Tripletail Wrasse; Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream).

General References

Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2006. Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian waters: problems of species identification and a description of H. sprenti n. sp. Systematic Parasitology 67: 17-27 (Australian record)

Crowcroft, P.W. 1947. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 81: 5-25 (Australian record)

Munoz, G., Grutter, A.S. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Endoparasite communities of five fish species (Labridae : Cheilininae) from Lizard Island: how important is the ecology and phylogeny of the hosts? Parasitology 132: 363-374 (Australian record)

Munoz, G., Grutter, A.S. & Cribb, T.H. 2007. Structure of the parasite communities of a coral reef fish assemblage (Labridae): Testing ecological and phylogenetic host factors. Journal of Parasitology 93: 17-30 (Australian record)

Munoz, G. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Parasite communities and diet of Coris batuensis (Pisces: Labridae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 191-198 (Australian record)

Prudhoe, S. & Bray, R.A. 1973. Digenetic trematodes from fishes. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 8: 199-225 (Australian record)

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Helicometra scorpaenae Prudhoe & Bray, 1973

Helicometra scorpaenae Prudhoe, S. & Bray, R.A. 1973. Digenetic trematodes from fishes. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 8(10): 195-225 [213].
Type data:
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC40458-AHC40459 Slides, BANZARE Station 113, off Maria Island, Tasmania [42°40'S, 148°27'30"E].
Type host:
Scorpaena papillosa Schneider & Forster, 1801 [SCORPAENIDAE] (identified as Scorpaena cruenta)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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Species Helicometra sprenti Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2006

Helicometra sprenti Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2006. Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian waters: problems of species identification and a description of H. sprenti n. sp. Systematic Parasitology 67: 17-27.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 222961, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 222962-64, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 2005.3.11.1–2, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Yank Flathead).

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, 1935

Helicometra tenuifolia Woolcock, V. 1935. Digenetic trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 27: 309-331.
Type host:
Helicolenus percoides (Richardson & Solander, 1842) [SEBASTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Helicolenus percoides (Richardson & Solander, 1842) [SEBASTIDAE] Red Gurnard Perch; Neosebastes thetidis (Waite, 1899) [NEOSEBASTIDAE] Thetis Fish).

General References

Crowcroft, P.W. 1948. The anatomy of two new digenetic trematodes from Tasmanian food fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 108-118

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Subfamily Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925

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Genus Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915

Coitocaecum Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41.
Type species:
Coitocaecum gymnophallum Nicoll, 1915 by monotypy.
Ozakia Wisniewski, L.W. 1934. Beitrag zur systematik der Coitocaecidae (Trematoda). Nicolla g. n., Ozakia g. n., Coitocaecum proavitum sp. n. Mémoires de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres - Série B B 6: 27-41.
Pseudocoitocaecum Bilqees, F.M. 1972. Marine fish trematodes of West Pakistan. VIII. Description of thirteen new species including a new genus Pseudocoitocaecum from fishes of Karachi coast. pp. 1-40 in Agricultural Research Council. Helminth parasites of some vertebrates chiefly from fishes of West Pakistan. Karachi : Government of Pakistan 1-110pp. [Date published 1977].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Two species of Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 33(3): 217-224

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Two species of Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 33(3): 217-224

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	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Coitocaecum gymnophallum Nicoll, 1915

Coitocaecum gymnophallum Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41.
Type host:
Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] (as Sparus australis)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream).

General References

Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Two species of Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 33(3): 217-224

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Coitocaecum michaeli Aken'Ova & Cribb, 1966

Coitocaecum michaeli Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Two species of Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 33(3): 217-224.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 212260, Hope Island, Queensland [27°25'S, 153°20'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 212261-63, Hope Island, Queensland [27°25'S, 153°20'E]; BMNH 1995.10.25.1-3, Hope Island, Queensland [27°25'S, 153°20'E].
Type host:
Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Coitocaecum parvum (Crowcroft, 1945)

Coitocaecum parvum Crowcroft, P.W. 1945. New trematodes from Tasmanian fishes (Order Digenea. Family Allocreadiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1944: 61-70, pls viii-ix.

Generic Combinations

Ozakia parva (Crowcroft, 1945). —
Manter, H.W. 1947. The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. American Midland Naturalist 38: 257-416
Coitocaecum parva (Crowcroft, 1945).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) [GALAXIIDAE] Common Galaxias; Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes, 1832) [PSEUDAPHRITIDAE] Congolli).

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		23-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Dactylomyza Aken'Ova, 2003

Dactylomyza Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. Dactylomyza gibsoni n.g., n.sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Schuettea woodwardi (Waite) (Monodactylidae) from off Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 55: 61-65.
Type species:
Dactylomyza gibsoni Aken'Ova, 2003 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

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		06-May-2010	ADDED

Species Dactylomyza gibsoni Aken'Ova, 2003

Dactylomyza gibsoni Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. Dactylomyza gibsoni n.g., n.sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Schuettea woodwardi (Waite) (Monodactylidae) from off Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 55: 61-65.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 219420, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 219421-49, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E]; BMNH 2002.11.6.1-11, North Mole, Fremantle, Western Australia [32°02'S, 115°51'E].
Type host:
Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905) [MONODACTYLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905) [MONODACTYLIDAE] Woodwards Pomfret).

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935

Dactylostomum Woolcock, V. 1935. Digenetic trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 27: 309-331 [315].
Type species:
Dactylostomum gracile Woolcock, 1935 by monotypy.
Opedunculata Dwivedi, M.P. 1975. A new genus of trematode with anus (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from Sapna Dam, Betul, M. P. Dr. B. S. Chauhan Commemorative Volume. 93-97 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Cribb, T.H. 2005. Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. pp. 443-531 in Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford : CAB International 745 pp.

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

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05-May-2010	15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Dactylostomum cribbi Gibson, Bray & Langdon, 1990

Dactylostomum cribbi Gibson, D.I., Bray, R.A. & Langdon, J.S. 1990. Dactylostomum cribbi n.sp., a new opecoeline digenean from the Australian freshwater fish Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson. Systematic Parasitology 17: 75-80.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1988.6.28.2, Lerderderg River, Victoria [37°31'S, 144°42'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1988.6.28.3-6, Lerderderg River, Victoria [37°31'S, 144°42'E].
Type host:
Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 [PERCICHTHYIDAE]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Vic: Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson, 1848 [PERCICHTHYIDAE] River Blackfish).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Dactylostomum gracile Woolcock, 1935

Dactylostomum gracile Woolcock, V. 1935. Digenetic trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 27: 309-331.
Type host:
Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 [MUGILIDAE]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 [MUGILIDAE] Sand Grey Mullet).

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Dactylostomum nicolli Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2003

Dactylostomum nicolli Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2003. A new species of Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the goatfish Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) in Western Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 56: 63-68.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 221965, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 221966-67, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 2003.1.29.1, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [MULLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [MULLIDAE] Blue-striped Mullet).

History of changes

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925

Opecoelus Ozaki, Y. 1925. Preliminary notes on the Trematode with anus. Journal of Parasitology 12: 51-53 [51].
Type species:
Opecoelus sphaericus Ozaki, 1925 by original designation.
Opegaster Ozaki, Y. 1928. On some Trematodes with anus. Japanese Journal of Zoology 2: 5-33 17 figs.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42

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05-May-2010	15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Opecoelus anguillii (Harshey, 1933)

Opegaster anguillii Harshey, K.R. 1933. On a new trematode with anus belonging to the genus Opegaster Ozaki 1928, from an Indian eel Anguilla bengalensis. Bulletin of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Provinces of Agra and Ordh (Allahbad) 3: 113-118.
Type host:
Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis (Gray, 1831) [ANGUILLIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Opecoelus anguillii (Harshey, 1933). —
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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) [POECILIIDAE] Mosquitofish (this species is not recorded in the Australian fauna, so may be a misidentification); Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Rough Flathead (this species is not recorded in the Australian fauna, so may be a misidentification)).

General References

Rukmini, C. & Madhavi, R. 1987. Observations on Opegaster anguillii Harshey, 1933 (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from fishes of Chilka Lake. Rivista di Parasitologia 48: 139-143 (Australian record)

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus crowcrofti Aken'Ova, 2007

Opecoelus crowcrofti 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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 225367, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°00'S, 153°05'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 225368-86, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°00'S, 153°05'E]; BMNH 2006.2.1.1-12, Pumicestone Passage, Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°00'S, 153°05'E].
Type host:
Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ATHERINIDAE] (as Atherinomorus ogilbyi)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Atherinomorus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ATHERINIDAE] Ogilby's Hardyhead).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1942)

Opegaster ditrematis Yamaguti, S. 1942. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 39. Trematodes of fishes mainly from Naha. Transactions of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 3: 329-398.
Type host:
Ditrema temminckii temminckii Bleeker, 1853 [EMBIOTOCIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Opecoelus ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1942). —
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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Apogon sp. [APOGONIDAE]).

General References

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus gobii (Yamaguti, 1952)

Opegaster gobii Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198.
Type host:
Gobius sp. [GOBIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Opecoelus gobii (Yamaguti, 1952). —
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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42

Distribution

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Centroberyx gerrardi (Günther, 1887) [BERYCIDAE] Bight Redfish).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1969. [Helminth infection of marine fishes of the family Berycidae in the Great Australian Bight]. Voprosy Morskoi Biologii : Tezisy II Vsesoyuznaya Simpoziuma Molodykh Uchenykh, Sebastopol, Vols 68-70. 1 pp. [in Russian] (Australian record)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus pomatomi Aken'Ova, 2007

Opecoelus pomatomi 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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 225357, Iluka, New South Wales [29°24'S, 153°21'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 225358-66, Iluka, New South Wales [29°24'S, 153°21'E]; BMNH 2006.2.1.13-15, Iluka, New South Wales [29°24'S, 153°21'E]; QM G 225392-94, Iluka, New South Wales [29°24'S, 153°21'E].
Type host:
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE] Tailor).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus queenslandicus Aken'Ova, 2007

Opecoelus queenslandicus 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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 225387, Off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°21'S, 153°14'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 225388-91, Off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°21'S, 153°14'E]; BMNH 2006.2.1.7-9, Off Mud Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°21'S, 153°14'E].
Type host:
Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) [APOGONIDAE] (as Apogon fasciatus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) [APOGONIDAE] Broadbanded Cardinalfish).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Opecoelus scorpaenidicola Prudhoe & Bray, 1973

Opecoelus scorpaenidicola Prudhoe, S. & Bray, R.A. 1973. Digenetic trematodes from fishes. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 8: 199-225.
Type data:
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC40433-AHC40449 Slides (As co-types), BANZARE Station 113, off Maria Island, Tasmania [42°40'S, 148°27'30"E].
Type host:
Helicolenus percoides (Richardson & Solander, 1842) [SEBASTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Helicolenus percoides (Richardson & Solander, 1842) [SEBASTIDAE] Red Gurnard Perch; Lepidoperca tasmanica Norman, 1937 [SERRANIDAE] Tasmanian Perch).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Opecoelus tasmanicus Crowcroft, 1947

Opecoelus tasmanicus Crowcroft, P.W. 1947. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 81: 5-25.
Type host:
Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872) [LATRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872) [LATRIDAE] Bastard Trumpeter).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Opecoelus variabilis Cribb, 1985

Opecoelus variabilis Cribb, T.H. 1985. The life-cycle and biology of Opecoelus variabilis, sp. nov. (Digenea, Opecoelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 33(5): 715-728.
Type data:
Holotype QM GL 4601, Burdekin River, Queensland [19°49'S, 146°06'E].
Paratype(s) QM GL 4602-12, Burdekin River, Queensland [19°49'S, 146°06'E]; BMNH 1984.6.28.1-8, Burdekin River, Queensland [19°49'S, 146°06'E]; USNM 78238-40, Burdekin River, Queensland [19°49'S, 146°06'E].
Type host:
Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) [TERAPONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867 [AMBASSIDAE] Agassiz's Olive Glassfish; Retropinna semoni (Weber, 1895) [RETROPINNIDAE] Australian Smelt; Amniataba percoides (Günther, 1864) [TERAPONTIDAE] Barred Grunter; Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) [TERAPONTIDAE] Black Bream; Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878) [MELANOTAENIIDAE] Duboulay's Rainbowfish; Hypseleotris galii (Ogilby, 1898) [ELEOTRIDAE] Firetailed Gudgeon; Philypnodon grandiceps (Krefft, 1864) [ELEOTRIDAE] Flathead Gudgeon; Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) [PLOTOSIDAE] Freshwater Catfish; Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) [CYPRINIDAE] Goldfish; Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 [POECILIIDAE] Green Swordtail; Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) [TERAPONTIDAE] Leathery Grunter; Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 [ANGUILLIDAE] Longfin Eel; Mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau, 1878) [ELEOTRIDAE] Southern Purplespotted Gudgeon; Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) [TERAPONTIDAE] Spangled Perch; Gobiomorphus australis (Krefft, 1864) [ELEOTRIDAE] Striped Gudgeon; Craterocephalus sp. [ATHERINIDAE]).

General References

Dove, A.D.M. 2000. Richness patterns in exotic poecilid fishes. Parasitology 120: 609-623 (Australian record)

Kennedy, C.R. 1995. Richness and diversity of macroparasite communities in tropical eels Anguilla reinhardtii in Queensland, Australia. Parasitology 111: 233-245 (Australian record)

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Opecoelus woolcockae Aken'Ova, 2007

Opecoelus woolcockae 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. Systematic Parasitology 67: 25-42.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 225326, Harriet River, South Australia [35°56'S, 137°39'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 225327-56, Harriet River, South Australia [35°56'S, 137°39'E]; BMNH 2006.2.1.16-28, Harriet River, South Australia [35°56'S, 137°39'E].
Type host:
Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) [SPARIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream; Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) [SPARIDAE] Black Bream).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966

Paropecoelus Pritchard, M.H. 1966. Studies on digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes: Family Opecoelidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 93: 173-202.

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Species Paropecoelus corneliae Rohner & Cribb, 2013

Paropecoelus corneliae Rohner, C.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Opecoelidae (Digenea: Trematoda) in northern Great Barrier Reef goatfishes (Perciformes: Mullidae). Systematic Parasitology 84: 237-253.

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Species Paropecoelus elongatus (Ozaki, 1928)

Bucephalopsis elongatus Ozaki, Y. 1928. Some gasterostomous Trematodes of Japan. Japanese Journal of Zoology 2: 35-60 27 figs [56].

Generic Combinations

Paropecoelus elongatus (Ozaki, 1928). —
Rohner, C.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Opecoelidae (Digenea: Trematoda) in northern Great Barrier Reef goatfishes (Perciformes: Mullidae). Systematic Parasitology 84: 237-253

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Species Paropecoelus leonae Rohner & Cribb, 2013

Paropecoelus leonae Rohner, C.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Opecoelidae (Digenea: Trematoda) in northern Great Barrier Reef goatfishes (Perciformes: Mullidae). Systematic Parasitology 84: 237-253.

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Species Paropecoelus sogandaresi Pritchard, 1966

Paropecoelus sogandaresi Pritchard, M.H. 1966. Studies on digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes: Family Opecoelidae. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 93: 173-202.

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Genus Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, 1940

Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, S. 1940. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of Fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(1): 35-108.
Type species:
Pseudopecoeloides tenuis Yamaguti, 1940 by subsequent designation.

Distribution

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Pseudopecoeloides carangis (Yamaguti, 1938)

Cymbephallus carangi Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp. [need to check reference].
Type host:
Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) [CARANGIDAE] (as Caranx mertensi)

Generic Combinations

Pseudopecoeloides carangis (Yamaguti, 1938).

Distribution

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) [CARANGIDAE] Common Jack Mackerel; Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) [GEMPYLIDAE] Snoek).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1971. [Helminth fauna of the commercial marine fishes of sub-order Trichiuroidei in the Australia — New Zealand region]. Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanografii (TINRO) 75: 69-84 (Australian record)

Lebedev, B.I. 1968. [Helminth fauna of carangid fish in the Pacific Ocean] (In Russian). Soobshcheniya Dal'nevostochnogo Filiala im. B. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSR 26: 80-85 (Australian record)

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
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29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
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Species Pseudopecoeloides engeleri Rohner & Cribb, 2013

Pseudopecoeloides engeleri Rohner, C.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Opecoelidae (Digenea: Trematoda) in northern Great Barrier Reef goatfishes (Perciformes: Mullidae). Systematic Parasitology 84: 237-253.

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Species Pseudopecoeloides tenuis Yamaguti, 1940

Pseudopecoeloides tenuis Yamaguti, S. 1940. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of Fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(1): 35-108.
Type host:
Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) [PRIACANTHIDAE]

Distribution

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Trachurus declivis (Jenyns, 1841) [CARANGIDAE] Common Jack Mackerel).

General References

Lebedev, B.I. 1968. [Helminth fauna of carangid fish in the Pacific Ocean] (In Russian). Soobshcheniya Dal'nevostochnogo Filiala im. B. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSR 26: 80-85 (Australian record)

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Pseudopecoelus Von Wicklen, 1946

Pseudopecoelus Von Wicklen, J.H. 1946. The trematode genus Opecoeloides and related genera, with a description of Opecoeloides polynemi n.sp. Journal of Parasitology 32: 156-163 [159].
Type species:
Pseudopecoelus vulgaris Von Wicklen, 1946 by original designation.
Neopecoelus Manter, H.W. 1947. The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. American Midland Naturalist 38: 257-416.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Von Wicklen, J.H. 1946. The trematode genus Opecoeloides and related genera, with a description of Opecoeloides polynemi n.sp. Journal of Parasitology 32: 156-163

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), West Tasmania Transition (9)

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Species Pseudopecoelus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1938)

Cymbephallus japonicus Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp.
Type host:
Plectranthias japonicus (Steindachner, 1883) [SERRANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Pseudopecoelus japonicus (Yamaguti, 1938).

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist, 1906 [OREOSOMATIDAE] Spiky Oreo).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1982. The fauna of trematodes in fishes of the order Zeiformes. Parazitologiya 16: 464-468 (Australian record)

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Pseudopecoelus pyriformis Prudhoe & Bray, 1973

Pseudopecoelus pyriformis Prudhoe, S. & Bray, R.A. 1973. Digenetic trematodes from fishes. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 8(10): 195-225.
Type data:
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC40450-AHC40453 Slides (as Co-types), BANZARE Station 113, off Maria Island, Tasmania [42°40'S, 148°27'30"E].
Type host:
Callanthias allporti Günther, 1876 [CALLANTHIIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Callanthias allporti Günther, 1876 [CALLANTHIIDAE] Splendid Sea Perch).

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Pseudopecoelus sewelli Bray, 1990

Pseudopecoelus sewelli Bray, R.A. 1990. A new species of Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889 (Trachichthyidae) from off southeastern Australia. Systematic Parasitology 16: 195-200.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1987.2.4.10, West coast of Tasmania.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1987.2.4.11-18, West coast of Tasmania; BMNH 1989.9.20.1-29, Tasmania.
Type host:
Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889 [TRACHICHTHYIDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett, 1889 [TRACHICHTHYIDAE] Orange Roughy).

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Subfamily Opercoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984

Opercoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984.

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Genus Bartoliella Aken'Ova, 2003

Bartoliella Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. Bartoliella pritchardae n.g., n.sp (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Epinephelides armatus (Serranidae) from temperate marine waters of Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 55: 67-72 [68].
Type species:
Bartoliella pritchardae Aken'Ova, 2003 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

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Species Bartoliella pritchardae Aken'Ova, 2003

Bartoliella pritchardae Aken'Ova, T.O. 2003. Bartoliella pritchardae n.g., n.sp (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Epinephelides armatus (Serranidae) from temperate marine waters of Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 55: 67-72.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 219450, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 219451-52, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E]; BMNH 2002.11.11.3, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Type host:
Epinephelides armatus (Castelnau, 1875) [SERRANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelides armatus (Castelnau, 1875) [SERRANIDAE] Breaksea Cod).

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
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Genus Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845

Podocotyle Dujardin, F. 1845. Histoire naturelle des helminthes ou vers intestinaux. Paris : Libre Encycopedidique de Roret (Suites a Buffon) 654 pp. [401].
Type species:
Podocotyle angulata Dujardin, 1845 by monotypy.
Sinistroporus Stafford, J. 1904. Trematodes from Canadian fishes. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 481-495.
Psilolintonum Oshmarin, P.G. 1964. Some new for science species and genera of trematodes from birds of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 43: 652-661.
Neopodocotyloides Pritchard, M.H. 1966. A revision of the genus Podocotyle (Trematoda: Opocoelidae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 93: 158-172, 2 figs.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Cribb, T.H. 2005. Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. pp. 443-531 in Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford : CAB International 745 pp.

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

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Species Podocotyle atomon (Rudolphi, 1802)

Fasciola atomon Rudolphi, C.A. 1802. Fortsetzung der Beobachtungen über die Eingewiedewürmer. Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie 2: 1-67.

Generic Combinations

Podocotyle atomon (Rudolphi, 1802).

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Neocyttus rhomboidalis Gilchrist, 1906 [OREOSOMATIDAE] Spiky Oreo; Allocyttus verrucosus (Gilchrist, 1906) [OREOSOMATIDAE] Warty Oreodory).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1982. The fauna of trematodes in fishes of the order Zeiformes. Parazitologiya 16: 464-468 (Australian record)

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
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Subfamily Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929

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Genus Heterolebes Ozaki, 1935

Heterolebes Ozaki, 1935.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Heterolebes maculosus Ozaki, 1935

Heterolebes maculosus Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon liturosus Shaw [DIODONTIDAE] Black-blotched porcupinefish; Diodon hystrix Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE] Spotted porcupinefish).

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Genus Maculifer Nicoll, 1915

Maculifer Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41 [23].
Type species:
Maculifer subaequiporus Nicoll, 1915 by monotypy.
Alloheterolebes Hafeezullah, M. 1971. On some new and known digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of India. Journal of Helminthology 45: 73-88.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Maculifer diodontis Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Maculifer diodontis Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
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Type data:
Holotype QM QM G237802, Heron Is., QLD, Australia [23°27′S, 151°55′E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G237803, Heron Is., QLD, Australia [23°27′S, 151°55′E]; QM QM G237804, Lizard Is., QLD, Australia [14°40′S, 145°27′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE]

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781

Distribution

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon liturosus Shaw [DIODONTIDAE] Black-blotched porcupinefish; Diodon hystrix Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE] Spotted porcupinefish).

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Species Maculifer subaequiporus Nicoll, 1915

Maculifer subaequiporus Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Feroxodon multistriatus (Richardson, 1854) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Manystriped Blowfish; Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Stars-and-stripes Puffer).

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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982

Macvicaria Gibson, D.I. & Bray, R.A. 1982. A study and reorganization of Plagioporus Stafford, 1904 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) and related genera, with special reference to forms from European Atlantic waters. Journal of Natural History 16: 529-559 [533].
Type species:
Macvicaria alacris (Looss, 1901) Gibson & Bray, 1982 by original designation.
Cryptacetabulum Shalaby, I.M.I. & Hassanine, R.M.E. 1997. Cryptacetabulum aegyptensis n. gen. n. sp. (Trematoda, Digenea: Opistholebetidae) from a Red Sea fish; as described by light and scanning electron microscopy. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology 24: 247-259.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58 (Australian record)

History of changes

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Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-Jul-2013	29-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
05-May-2010	15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Macvicaria adomeae Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria adomeae Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230424, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230425-27, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.44-45, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E].
Type host:
Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINDAE] King George Whiting).

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria dampieri Bray, 1990

Macvicaria dampieri Bray, R.A. 1990. Two new opecoelids (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) in the flatfish Pseudorhombus jenynsi (Bleeker) from Shark Bay, Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 15(1): 33-40.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1988.6.14.1, Monkey Mia, Western Australia.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1988.6.14.2-12, Monkey Mia, Western Australia; SAMA AHC18405 Slide, Monkey Mia, Western Australia.
Type host:
Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Smalltooth Flounder).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Macvicaria dextrocaula Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria dextrocaula Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230415, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230416-22, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.40-43, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Notolabrus parilus (Richardson, 1850) [LABRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Notolabrus parilus (Richardson, 1850) [LABRIDAE] Brownspotted Wrasse; Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson, 1840) [LABRIDAE] Yellow-saddled Wrasse).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria flexuomeatus Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria flexuomeatus Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230390, Off Woodman Point, Western Australia [32°08'S, 115°45'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230391-403, Off Woodman Point, Western Australia [32°08'S, 115°45'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.6-13, Off Woodman Point, Western Australia [32°08'S, 115°45'E].
Type host:
Cheilodactylus gibbosus Richardson, 1841 [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] (as Goniistius gibbosus)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Cheilodactylus gibbosus Richardson, 1841 [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Western Crested Morwong; Cheilodactylus rubrolabiatus Allen & Heemstra, 1976 [CHEILODACTYLIDAE]).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria heronensis Bray & Cribb, 1989

Macvicaria heronensis Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1989. Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History 23: 429-473.
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1987.11.12.19, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
Paratype(s) BMNH 1987.11.12.20-26, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; QM GL 10068-69, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; SAMA AHC17754 Slide, Heron Island, Queensland [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
Type host:
Lethrinus miniatus (Forster, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE] Banded Parma; Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 [LETHRINIDAE] Collar Seabream; Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor; Trachinotus coppingeri Günther, 1884 [CARANGIDAE] Swallowtail Dart).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Macvicaria kingscotensis Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria kingscotensis Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230428, Off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°39'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230429-32, Off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°39'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.46-48, Off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°39'E].
Type host:
Neoodax balteatus (Valenciennes, 1840) [ODACIDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Haletta semifasciata (Valenciennes, 1840) [ODACIDAE] Blue Weed Whiting; Neoodax balteatus (Valenciennes, 1840) [ODACIDAE] Little Weed Whiting).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria macassarensis (Yamaguti, 1952)

Plagioporus (Plagioporus) macassarensis Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198.
Type host:
Lethrinus sp. [LETHRINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Macvicaria macassarensis (Yamaguti, 1952).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor).

General References

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Macvicaria mekistomorphe Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria mekistomorphe Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230376, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230377-78, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.39, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E].
Type host:
Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE] Trumpeter Whiting).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria mutovitellina Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria mutovitellina Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230379, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230380-89, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.1-5, Off Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson, 1850) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson, 1850) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Dusky Morwong).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria shotteri Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria shotteri Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 223130, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 223131-53, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E]; QM G 230363-75, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.20-38, Tangalooma, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°14'S, 153°19'E].
Type host:
Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) [APOGONIDAE] (as Apogon fasciatus)

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790) [APOGONIDAE] Broadbanded Cardinalfish; Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINIDAE] King George Whiting; Sillago bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Western School Sillago).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Macvicaria victori (Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003) Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017

Macvicaria victori (Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003).
Podocotyloides victori Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Revision of Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Opecoelidae), resurrection of Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934 and the naming of a cryptic opecoelid species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 1–31.

Generic Combinations

Macvicaria victori (Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003).

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Macvicaria vitellocopiosa Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2008

Macvicaria vitellocopiosa Aken'Ova, T.O., Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 2008. Eight new species of Macvicaria Gibson and Bray, 1982 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) mainly from endemic temperate marine fishes of Australia. ZooKeys 1: 23-58.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 230404, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 230405-14, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E]; BMNH 2008.7.5.14-19, Off American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°48'S, 137°46'E].
Type host:
Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINIDAE]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINIDAE] King George Whiting).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Genus Magnaosimum Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Magnaosimum Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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Species Magnaosimum brooksae Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Magnaosimum brooksae Martin, S. B., Crouch, K., Cutmore, S. C. & Cribb, T. H. 2018. Expansion of the concept of the Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925), with Magnaosimum brooksae n. g., n. sp. from Tripodichthys angustifrons (Hollard) (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 95: 121–132 [Date published 07/02/2018].
Type data:
Holotype QM QMG236786, Mud Is., Moreton Bay, QLD [27°20′40″S, 153°14′20″E].
Paratype(s) QM QMG236787–95, Mud Is., Moreton Bay; Green Is., Moreton Bay; Wellington Point, Redland Bay; Wynnum North, Brisbane [27°20′40″S, 153°14′20″E; 27°25′30″S, 153°13′50″E; 27°28′30″S, 153°14′40″E; 27°25′10″S, 153°10′50″E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S. B., Crouch, K., Cutmore, S. C. & Cribb, T. H. 2018. Expansion of the concept of the Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925), with Magnaosimum brooksae n. g., n. sp. from Tripodichthys angustifrons (Hollard) (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 95: 121–132 [Date published 07/02/2018].
Type host:
Tripodichthys angustifrons (Hollard, 1854) [TRIACANTHIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Tripodichthys angustifrons (Hollard, 1854) [TRIACANTHIDAE] Yellowfin tripodfish).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
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Genus Opistholebes Nicoll, 1915

Opistholebes Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41 [36].
Type species:
Opistholebes amplicoelus Nicoll, 1915 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Opistholebes amplicoelus Nicoll, 1915

Opistholebes amplicoelus Nicoll, W. 1915. The trematode parasites of north Queensland. III. Parasites of fishes. Parasitology 8: 22-41.
Type host:
Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [TETRAODONTIDAE] (as Sphaeroides lunaris)
Opistholebes dongshanensis Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Opistholebes indicus Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Opistholebes tetraodontis Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Heterolebes buckleyi Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lagocephalus lunaris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Lunartail Puffer; Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Narrowlined puffer; Tetractenos hamiltoni (Richardson, 1846) [TETRAODONTIDAE]).

General References

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05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Parallelolebes Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Parallelolebes Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type species:
Parallelolebes virilis Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Parallelolebes australis Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Parallelolebes australis Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type data:
Holotype TMAG TMAG K4827, Off Stanley, TAS, Australia [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Paratype(s) TMAG TMAG K4828-29, Off Stanley, TAS, Aust [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier [DIODONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon nicthemerus (Cuvier) [DIODONTIDAE] Slender-spined porcupinefish).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Parallelolebes elongatus (Ozaki, 1937)

Opistholebes elongatus Ozaki, Y. 1937. Studies on the Trematode families Gyliauchenidae and Opistholebitae, with special reference to lymph system. II. Journal of Science of the Hiroshima University 5: 167-244.
Opistholebes equicotylus Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.

Generic Combinations

Parallelolebes elongatus (Ozaki, 1937).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 [DIODONTIDAE] Spot-fin Porcupinefish).

General References

Cribb, T.H. 2005. Family Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929. pp. 533-539 in Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford : CAB International 745 pp. (Australian record)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Parallelolebes virilis Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Parallelolebes virilis Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:122D3597-6F0B-4295-AFC2-BAB4FBF1F62F
Type data:
Holotype TMAG TMAG K4816, Off Stanley, TAS, Australia [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Paratype(s) TMAG TMAG K4817-K4826, Off Stanley, TAS, Australia [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard) [MONACANTHIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Meuschenia hippocrepis (Quoy & Gaimard) [MONACANTHIDAE] Horseshoe leatherjacket).

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909

Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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Species Peracreadium akenovae Cribb, Bray & Cutmore, 2013

Peracreadium akenovae Cribb, Bray & Cutmore, 2013.
Type data:
Holotype QM QMG234109, Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay, QLD [27°24´S, 153°26´E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G234110–234123, Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is.; Dunwich, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay, QLD [27°24´S, 153°26´E; 27º30´S 153º24´E].
Type host:
Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker, 1853) [MURAENIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Cutmore, S.C., Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Peracreadium akenovae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) parasitising the highfin moray eel Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia. Acta Parasitologica 58: 324–327

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker, 1853) [MURAENIDAE] Highfin moray).

Associated Fauna References

Cutmore, S.C., Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2013. Peracreadium akenovae sp. nov. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) parasitising the highfin moray eel Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia. Acta Parasitologica 58: 324–327 (Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Propycnadenoides Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964

Propycnadenoides Fischthal, J.H. & Kuntz, R.E. 1964. Digenetic trematodes of fishes from Palawan Island, Philippines. Part I. Families Acanthocolpidae, Angiodictyidae, Cryptogonimidae, Fellodistomidae, and Gyliauchenidae. Journal of Parasitology 50: 248-252.
Type species:
Propycnadenoides philippinensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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Species Propycnadenoides philippinensis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964

Propycnadenoides philippinensis Fischthal, J.H. & Kuntz, R.E. 1964. Digenetic trematodes of fishes from Palawan Island, Philippines. Part I. Families Acanthocolpidae, Angiodictyidae, Cryptogonimidae, Fellodistomidae, and Gyliauchenidae. Journal of Parasitology 50: 248-252.
Type data:
Holotype USNHC 37888, Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippines.
Type host:
Gymnocranius griseus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) [LETHRINIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 [LETHRINIDAE] Collar Seabream).

General References

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1990. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Australian record)

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15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
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11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
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11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Genus Pseudoheterolebes Yamaguti, 1959 nec Gupta, 1968

Pseudoheterolebes Yamaguti, 1959 nec Gupta, 1968.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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Species Pseudoheterolebes corazonae Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Pseudoheterolebes corazonae Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A2BF5249-51E2-4A93-939D-FA72399EB53E
Type data:
Holotype TMAG TMAG K4810, Off Stanley, TAS, Australia [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Paratype(s) TMAG TMAG K4811-K4815, Off Stanley, TAS, Australia [40°46′S, 145°18′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier [DIODONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon nicthemerus Cuvier [DIODONTIDAE] Slender-spined porcupinefish).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Pseudoheterolebes diodontis (Cable, 1956)

Opistholebes diodontis Cable, 1956.
Type host:
Diodon hystrix Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Pseudoheterolebes diodontis (Cable, 1956). —
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diodon liturosus Shaw [DIODONTIDAE] Black-blotched porcupinefish; Diodon hystrix Linnaeus [DIODONTIDAE] Spotted porcupinefish).

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07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Pseudoheterolebes stellaglobulus Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

Pseudoheterolebes stellaglobulus Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2CAB8C1A-D6A0-4314-BF35-CD8E339CE570
Type data:
Holotype QM QM G237780, Green Is., Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia [27°26′S, 153°14′E].
Paratype(s) QM QM G237781-G237792, Mud Is., Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia; Wellington Pt., QLD, Australia; Dunwich, N. Stradbroke Is., QLD, Australia [27°23′S, 153°11′E; 27°28′S, 153°14′E; 27°30′S, 153°24′E].
Type locality references:
Martin, S.B., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 95: 743–781.
Type host:
Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup [DIODONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup [DIODONTIDAE] Threebar porcupinefish).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938

Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp. [23].
Type species:
Pycnadenoides pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1938 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

General References

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 53: 221-232 (Australian record)

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Species Pycnadenoides invenustus Aken'Ova, 2003

Pycnadenoides invenustus 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 53: 221-232.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 221963, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 221964, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E]; BMNH 2002.12.13.9, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Type host:
Nemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Nemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Sea Carp).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Pycnadenoides pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1938

Pycnadenoides pagrosomi Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp.
Type host:
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] (as Pagrosomus unicolor)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Silver Seabream).

General References

History of changes

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Pycnadenoides reversati Aken'Ova, 2003

Pycnadenoides reversati 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 53: 221-232.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 221950, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 221951-53, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E]; BMNH 2002.12.13.2-3, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Type host:
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Silver Seabream).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Subfamily Podocotylinae Dollfus, 1959

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	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Neolebouria Gibson, 1976

Neolebouria Gibson, D.I. 1976. Monogenea and digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports 36: 179-266, 26 figs, 8 pls, 3 tabs [249].
Type species:
Neolebouria antarctica (Szidat & Graefe, 1967) Gibson, 1976 by original designation.
Paramanteriella Li, Q., Qiu, Z. & Zhang, R. 1988. Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Bo-hai Sea, China V (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 13: 329-336.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Cribb, T.H. 2005. Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. pp. 443-531 in Jones, A., Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford : CAB International 745 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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Species Neolebouria lineatus Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2001

Neolebouria lineatus Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Two new species of Neolebouria Gibson, 1976 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from temperate marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 49: 65-71.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 218114, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 218115-20, Off Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
Type host:
Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier, 1829) [BERYCIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Centroberyx lineatus (Cuvier, 1829) [BERYCIDAE] Swallow-tail).

History of changes

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Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Species Neolebouria moretonensis Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2001

Neolebouria moretonensis Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Two new species of Neolebouria Gibson, 1976 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from temperate marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 49: 65-71.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 218110, Central Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°25'S, 153°20'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 218111-13, Central Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°25'S, 153°20'E].
Type host:
Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 [GERREIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gerres subfasciatus Cuvier, 1830 [GERREIDAE] Common Silver Belly).

History of changes

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		15-Jul-2013	ADDED

Subfamily Plagioporinae Manter, 1947

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	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005

Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

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	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Species Choerodonicola arothokoros Martin, Cribb, Cutmore & Huston, 2018

Choerodonicola arothokoros Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C., Cribb, T.H. & Huston, D.C. 2018. The phylogenetic position of Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) with a partial life-cycle for a new species from the blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskål (Scaridae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 95: In press [Date published 12/03/2018].
Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5F0B1035-5AC0-4543-92FB-B56DC0DFDAF5
Type data:
Holotype QM QM G236768, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay, QLD [27°29′35″S, 153°24′10″E].
Paratype(s) QM QMG236769–236777; QMG236778–236780; QMG236781–236785, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay; Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is., Moreton Bay [27°29′35″S, 153°24′10″E; 27°23'45"S 153°26'16"E].
Type host:
Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 [LABRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C., Cribb, T.H. & Huston, D.C. 2018. The phylogenetic position of Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) with a partial life-cycle for a new species from the blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskål (Scaridae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 95: In press [Date published 12/03/2018]

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 [LABRIDAE] Blue-barred parrotfish).

Intermediate stage: parasitic (host(s): Herpetopoma atratum (Gmelin, 1791) [CHILODONTIDAE] Beaded topsnail).

Associated Fauna References

Martin, S.B., Cutmore, S.C., Cribb, T.H. & Huston, D.C. 2018. The phylogenetic position of Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) with a partial life-cycle for a new species from the blue-barred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskål (Scaridae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 95: In press [Date published 12/03/2018] (Herpetopoma atratum; Scarus ghobban)

History of changes

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	07-May-2020	ADDED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong

Genus Diplobulbus Yamaguti, 1934

Diplobulbus Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [311].
Type species:
Diplobulbus calotomi Yamaguti, 1934 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

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Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-Jul-2013	29-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
05-May-2010	15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

Species Diplobulbus brayi Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2000

Diplobulbus brayi Aken'Ova, T.O. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. Diplobulbus brayi n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Odax acroptilus (Perciformes: Odacidae) off Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 46(2): 99-103.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 217301, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 217302-05, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E]; BMNH 1999.6.18.1–5, Point Peron, Western Australia [32°18'S, 115°38'E].
Type host:
Odax acroptilus (Richardson, 1846) [ODACIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Odax acroptilus (Richardson, 1846) [ODACIDAE] Rainbow Cale).

History of changes

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13-Mar-2025	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	TREMATODA	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013		13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
05-May-2010		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

Note: the generation of this complete preview for OPECOELIDAE Ozaki, 1925 was cancelled at Diplobulbus brayi Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2000 owing to the initation of another complete preview for Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913). Only one complete preview may be executed at a time. Previews were generated for 119 of 157 taxa.

Family OPECOELIDAE Ozaki, 1925

History of changes

Subfamily Hamcreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2020

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Genus Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966

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Species Allopodocotyle epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1942)

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Species Allopodocotyle heronensis Downie & Cribb, 2011

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Species Allopodocotyle mecopera (Manter, 1940) Pritchard, 1966

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Species Allopodocotyle skoliorchis Aken'Ova, 2003

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Genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909

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Species Cainocreadium alanwilliamsi Bray, 1990

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Species Cainocreadium epinepheli (Yamaguti, 1934)

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Genus Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018

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Species Choanotrema plectorhynchi (Yamaguti, 1934)

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