Genus Opechona Looss, 1907
- Opechona Looss, A. 1907. Zur Kenntniss der Distomen-familie Hemiuridae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 585-620 [616].
Type species:
Opechona bacillaris (Molin, 1859) Looss, 1907 by original designation. - Pharyngora Lebour, 1908.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. 1990. The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes of the north-east Atlantic: review of the genera Opechona Looss, 1907 and Prodistomum Linton, 1910. Systematic Parasitology 15: 159-202
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
General References
Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2003. New species of Opechona Looss, 1907 and Cephalolepidapedon Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes off northern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 137: 1-5
Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. 1990. The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes of the north-east Atlantic: review of the genera Opechona Looss, 1907 and Prodistomum Linton, 1910. Systematic Parasitology 15: 159-202
History of changes
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| 29-Jul-2013 | 29-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Feb-2010 | ADDED |