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Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925

AphiaID

108432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:108432)

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Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925

Synonymised names

Notoporidae Yamaguti, 1938 · unaccepted

Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929 · unaccepted (Synonym)

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Genus Abyssopedunculus Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
Subfamily Bathycreadiinae Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
1. Genus Bathycreadium Kabata, 1961
Subfamily Hamacreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2020
1. Genus Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966
2. Genus Bentholebouria Andres, Pulis & Overstreet, 2014
3. Genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909
4. Genus Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018
5. Genus Hamacreadium Linton, 1910
6. Genus Pacificreadium Durio & Manter, 1968
7. Genus Paraplagioporus Yamaguti, 1939
8. Genus Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934
9. Genus Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934
Subfamily Helicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016
1. Genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902
2. Genus Helicometrina Linton, 1910
3. Genus Neohelicometra Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
4. Genus Proneohelicometra Hassanine, 2006
5. Genus Allostenopera Baeva, 1968 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902
6. Genus Loborchis Stossich, 1902 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (synonym)
Genus Mesobathylebouria Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
Subfamily Neopycnadeninae Karar, Blend, Mohamadain, Hassan, Khalifa & Dronen, 2020
1. Genus Neopycnadena Karar, Blend, Mohamadain, Hassan, Khalifa & Dronen, 2020
Subfamily Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925
1. Genus Anisoporus Ozaki, 1928
2. Genus Anomalotrema Zhukov, 1957
3. Genus Apertile Overstreet, 1969
4. Genus Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915
5. Genus Dactylomyza Aken'Ova, 2003
6. Genus Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935
7. Genus Discoverytrema Gibson, 1976
8. Genus Genitocotyle Park, 1937
9. Genus Labracetabulum Reimer, 1987
10. Genus Manteriella Yamaguti, 1958
11. Genus Margolisia Bray, 1987
12. Genus Neodactylostomum Toman, 1996
13. Genus Notoporus Yamaguti, 1938
14. Genus Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928
15. Genus Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925
16. Genus Opegaster Ozaki, 1928
17. Genus Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966
18. Genus Parvacreadium Manter, 1940
19. Genus Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948
20. Genus Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, 1940
21. Genus Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946
22. Genus Alloanomalotrema Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948 (synonym)
23. Genus Cymbephallus Linton, 1934 accepted as Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
24. Genus Fimbriatus von Wicklen, 1946 accepted as Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928 (Synonym)
25. Genus Horatrema Srivastava, 1942 accepted as Notoporus Yamaguti, 1938 (synonym)
26. Genus Neopecoelus Manter, 1947 accepted as Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 (synonym)
27. Genus Ozakia Wisniewski, 1933 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
28. Genus Paradactylostomum Toman, 1992 nec Zhukov, 1972 accepted as Neodactylostomum Toman, 1996 (synonym)
29. Genus Paradactylostomum Zhukov, 1972 nec Toman, 1992 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
30. Genus Prolabria Reimer, 1987 accepted as Labracetabulum Reimer, 1987 (synonym)
31. Genus Pseudocoitocaecum Bilqees, 1972 accepted as Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915 (synonym)
32. Genus Pseudonotoporus Ahmad, 1985 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Subfamily Opecoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984
1. Genus Bartoliella Aken'Ova, 2003
2. Genus Opecoelina Manter, 1934
3. Genus Dideutosaccus Acena, 1941 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
Subfamily Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929
1. Genus Gaevskajatrema Gibson & Bray, 1982
2. Genus Heterolebes Ozaki, 1935
3. Genus Maculifer Nicoll, 1915
4. Genus Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982
5. Genus Magnaosimum Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
6. Genus Opistholebes Nicoll, 1915
7. Genus Pachycreadium Manter, 1954
8. Genus Parallelolebes Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018
9. Genus Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909
10. Genus Pinguitrema Siddiqi & Cable, 1960
11. Genus Propycnadenoides Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964
12. Genus Pseudoheterolebes Yamaguti, 1959 nec Gupta, 1968
13. Genus Pseudopycnadena Saad-Fares & Maillard, 1986
14. Genus Pycnadena Linton, 1911
15. Genus Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938
16. Genus Alloheterolebes Hafeezullah, 1971 accepted as Maculifer Nicoll, 1915 (New name for Pseudoheterolebes Gupta, 1968; synonym)
17. Genus Didymorchis Linton, 1910 accepted as Pycnadena Linton, 1911
18. Genus Pseudoheterolebes Gupta, 1969 nec Yamaguti, 1959 accepted as Alloheterolebes Hafeezullah, 1971 accepted as Maculifer Nicoll, 1915 (preoccupied; renamed Alloheterolebes by Hafeezullah (1971))
Subfamily Plagioporinae Manter, 1947
1. Genus Anthochoanocotyle Kamegai, 1972
2. Genus Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005
3. Genus Decemtestis Yamaguti, 1934
4. Genus Diplobulbus Yamaguti, 1934
5. Genus Heterochoanostoma Machida, 2014
6. Genus Hysterogonia Hanson, 1955
7. Genus Jerguillicola Bray, 2002
8. Genus Mesocreadium Reimer, 1987
9. Genus Neochoanostoma Bray & Cribb, 1989
10. Genus Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
11. Genus Paramanteriella Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1988
12. Genus Pellamyzon Montgomery, 1957
13. Genus Phyllotrema Yamaguti, 1934
14. Genus Plagioporus Stafford, 1904
15. Genus Sphaerostoma Rudolphi, 1809
16. Genus Trilobovarium Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017
17. Genus Vesicocoelium Tang, Hsu, Huang & Lu, 1975
18. Genus Villarrealina Bolaños & Salas, 1982
19. Genus Allodecemtestis Hafeezullah, 1970 accepted as Decemtestis Yamaguti, 1934 (synonym)
20. Genus Anabathycreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
21. Genus Apopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
22. Genus Cainocreadoides Nagaty, 1956 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (Synonym)
23. Genus Choannostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018 (Lapsus)
24. Genus Choanostoma Yamaguti, 1934 accepted as Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018 (Pre-occupied)
25. Genus Crowcrocaecum Skrjabin & Koval, 1956 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934
26. Genus Cryptacetabulum Shalaby & Hassanine, 1997 accepted as Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982 (synonym)
27. Genus Emmettrema Caballero, 1946 accepted as Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 (Synonym)
28. Genus Godavaritrema Karyakarte & Yadav, 1976 accepted as Vesicocoelium Tang, Hsu, Huang & Lu, 1975 (synonym according to Cribb, 2005)
29. Genus Indocreadium Salman & Srivastava, 1990 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonym)
30. Genus Lebouria Nicoll, 1909 accepted as Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909 (synonymy according to Gibson & Bray (1982))
31. Genus Neoplagioporus Shimazu, 1990 accepted as Urorchis Ozaki, 1927 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
32. Genus Neopodocotyloides Pritchard, 1966 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
33. Genus Nicollia Wisniewski, 1933 accepted as Nicolla Wisniewski, 1934 (pre-occupied by Nicollia Nuttall, 1908, Kritschewsky, 1922 and Baylis, 1930)
34. Genus Olivacreadium Bilqees, 1976 accepted as Hamacreadium Linton, 1910 (synonym)
35. Genus Orthodena Durio & Manter, 1968 accepted as Pseudoplagioporus Yamaguti, 1938
36. Genus Pedunculotrema Fischthal & Thomas, 1970 accepted as Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966 (synonym)
37. Genus Pirupalkia Puga & Figueroa, 1989 accepted as Villarrealina Bolaños & Salas, 1982 (synonym)
38. Genus Sinistroporus Stafford, 1904 accepted as Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845 (synonym)
39. Genus Stenopera Manter, 1933 accepted as Helicometra Odhner, 1902 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
40. Genus Parapolylekithum Bilqees, Ghazi, Khan & Khatoon, 2004 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
41. Genus Thynstenopera Bilqees & Khatoon, 2004 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Subfamily Podocotylinae Dollfus, 1959
1. Genus Bathypodocotyle Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
2. Genus Buticulotrema Blend, Dronen & McEachran, 1993
3. Genus Halosaurotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
4. Genus Macrourimegatrema Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004
5. Genus Neolebouria Gibson, 1976
6. Genus Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845
7. Genus Tellervotrema Gibson & Bray, 1982
Subfamily Polypipapiliotrematinae Martin, Cutmore & Cribb in Martin, Sasal, Cutmore, Ward, Aeby & Cribb, 2018
1. Genus Polypipapiliotrema Martin, Cutmore & Cribb in Martin, Sasal, Cutmore, Ward, Aeby & Cribb, 2018
Subfamily Pseudoplagioporinae Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
1. Genus Fairfaxia Cribb, 1989
2. Genus Pseudoplagioporus Yamaguti, 1938
3. Genus Shimazuia Cribb, 2005
Subfamily Scorpidotrematinae Sokolov, Shchenkov, Frolov & Gordeev, 2022
1. Genus Holsworthotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019
2. Genus Neonotoporus Srivastava, 1942
3. Genus Pseudopecoelina Yamaguti, 1942
4. Genus Scorpidotrema Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003
Subfamily Coitocaecinae Poche, 1926 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Decemtestiinae Mehra, 1966 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
Subfamily Genitocotylinae Skrjabin & Petrov, 1958 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Horatrematinae Srivastava, 1942 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (synonym)
Subfamily Hysterogoniinae Yamaguti, 1970 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
Subfamily Notoporinae Yamaguti, 1938 accepted as Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925 (synonym)
Subfamily Phyllotrematinae Mehra, 1966 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
Subfamily Phyllotrematinae Yamaguti, 1971 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)
Subfamily Sphaerostomatinae Poche, 1926 accepted as Plagioporinae Manter, 1947 (synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Ozaki, Y. (1925). Preliminary notes on a trematode with anus. Journal of Parasitology. 12: 51-53. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=108432 on 2025-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gibson, David

2010-04-26 13:13:54Z

changed

Cribb, Thomas

2013-03-29 08:18:59Z

changed

Gibson, David

2020-06-17 08:01:26Z

changed

Bray, Rod

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Nomenclature

original description Ozaki, Y. (1925). Preliminary notes on a trematode with anus. Journal of Parasitology. 12: 51-53. [details]

original description (of Opistholebetidae Fukui, 1929) Fukui, T. (1929). Studies on Japanese Amphistomatous parasites, with revision of the group. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 2, 219-351.
page(s): 336 [details]

original description (of Notoporidae Yamaguti, 1938) Yamaguti, S. (1938). Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV. Kyöto: Yamaguti, S, 139 pp.
page(s): 56 [details]

basis of record Gibson, D.I. (2001). Digenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 136-142 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In: Jones, A., Bray, R. A. & Gibson, D. I. (Eds). Keys to the Trematoda. Volume 2. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 443–531.
page(s): 443 [details]

identification resource Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. Japanese Journal of Zoology. 2: 5-33.
page(s): 6 [details]

identification resource Skrjabin, K. I.; Petrov, A. M. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies Opecoelinae Stunkard, 1931; Genitocotylinae Skrjabin, Petrow et Koval, 1958; Horatrematinae Srivastava, 1942; Notoporinae Srivastava, 1942. Osnovy Trematodologii. 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 81 [details]

identification resource Shimazu, T. (1988). Trematodes of the genera Coitocaecum, Dimerosaccus and Opecoelus (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology. 37, 1-19.
page(s): 1 [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Martin, S. B.; Downie, A. J.; Cribb, T. H. (2020). A new subfamily for a clade of opecoelids (Trematoda: Digenea) exploiting marine fishes as second-intermediate hosts, with the first report of opecoelid metacercariae from an elasmobranch. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 455–472., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz084 [details]

additional source Choudhary, K.; Verma, A. K.; Swaroop, S.; Agrawal, N. (2015). A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region. Helminthologia. 52(3): 167-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031 [details]

additional source Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H.; Littlewood, D. T. J.; Waeschenbach, A. (2016). The molecular phylogeny of the digenean family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 and the value of morphological characters, with the erection of a new subfamily. Folia Parasitologica. 63., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2016.013
page(s): 1 [details]

biology source Barnett, L. J.; Miller, T. L.; Cribb, T. H. (2014). A review of the currently recognised opecoelid cercariae, including the identification and emergence ecology of Cercaria capricornia XII (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Nassarius olivaceus (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) in Central Queensland, Australia. Parasitology International. 63 (5): 670–682., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2014.04.007
page(s): 670 [details]