Species Opecoelus ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1942)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

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

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)

History of changes