Species Opecoelus anguillii (Harshey, 1933)

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• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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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