Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Xiphidiata > Superfamily Opecoeloidea > Family Opecoelidae > Subfamily Plagioporinae

Plagioporus Stafford, 1904

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Allocreadium*	auct.	misapplied name

Children

Plagioporus angusticolle (Hausmann, 1896)
Plagioporus dogieli Pogorelzeva in Solonchenko, 1975
Plagioporus occidentalis Szidat, 1944
Plagioporus protei Prudhoe, 1945
Plagioporus skrjabini Koval, 1954
Plagioporus stefanski Slusarski, 1958
Plagioporus tumidulus (Rudolphi, 1819) Price, 1934

Literature

original description	Stafford, J. (1904). Trematodes from Canadian fishes. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 27: 481–495.
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
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
redescription	Truong, T. N.; Curran, S. S.; Reyda, F. B.; Rash, J. M.; Bullard, S. A. (2022). Plagioporus wataugaensis n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) infecting intestine of northern hogsucker, Hypentelium nigricans, and white sucker, Catostomus commersonii, (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from the eastern USA, including an emended diagnosis, key to Nearctic congeners, and phylogenetic analysis. Parasitology International. 102580.
taxonomy source	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(4): 529-559.
identification resource	Skrjabin, K. I., Koval, V. P. (1958). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. Subfamilies: Coitocaecinae Poche, 1925; Plagioporinae Manter, 1947. Osnovy Trematodologii. 15, 329–818. (In Russian).
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.