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 Opecoelinae > Genus Opecoeloides

Opecoeloides furcatus (Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819) Odhner, 1928

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opecoeloides*	Odhner, 1928	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Distoma furcatum*	Bremser in Rudolphi, 1819	synonym

Literature

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	Jousson, O.; Bartoli, P.; Pawlowski, J. (1999). Molecular identification of developmental stages in Opecoelidae (Digenea). International Journal for Parasitology. 29: 1853–1858.
additional source	Brinkmann, A. (1967). Some trematodes from marine fishes in the waters of Rhodes. Acta Universitatis Bergensis, Series Mathematica Rerumque Naturalium. 10, 3-13.
additional source	Miquel J., Nourrisson C. & Marchand B. (2000) Ultrastructure of spermatogenesis and the spermatozoon of Opecoeloides furcatus (Trematoda, Diginea, Opecoelidae), a parasite of Mullus barbatus (Pisces, Teleostei) Parasitology Research 86: 301-310
additional source	Martínez-Vicaria, A.; Martín-Sánchez, J.; Illescas, P.; Lara, A.; Jiménez-Albarrán, M.; Valero, A. (2000). The occurrence of two opecoeliid digeneans in Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus. Journal of Helminthology. 74 (2): 161–164.
additional source	Akmirza, A. (2013). Digenean trematodes of fish in the waters off Gökçeada, the Aegean Sea, Turkey. Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. 19 (3): 283–˗298.
additional source	Hristovski, N. D,, Jardas, I,, Onofri, I. (1995). Helminthofauna of red mullet (Mullus barbatus L., Mullus surmuletus L., Pisces, Mullidae) in the waters of the Adriatic and Aegean Sea. Izvestiya na Instituta po Ribni Resursi - Varna. 23: 169–178.
additional source	Bottari, T., Mangano, M., Busalacchi, B., Porporato, E., Rinelli, P,, Garofalo, G., Fiorentino, F. (2014). Distribution of Opecoeloides furcatus (Digenea, Opecoelidae) from the red mullet (Mullus barbatus barbatus) (L. 1758) off the northern Sicilian coasts (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). Frontiers of Marine Science. Conference Abstracts, IMMR: International Meeting on Marine Research, pp. 1–2.
additional source	Brahim Tazi, N. A., Meddour, A., Bayssade-Dufour, C., Boutiba, Z. (2009). Investigation sur les parasites digena de Mullus surmuletus Linné, 1758 dans le littoral Algérien. European Journal of Scientific Research. 25: 448–462.
additional source	Radujkovic, B.; Sundic, D. (2014). Parasitic flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) of fishes from the Adriatic Sea. Natura Montenegrina. 13 (1):7–280.
redescription	Paradiznik, V. (1987). Opecoeloides furcatus (Bremser) Odhner 1928, Trematoda, Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925, from red mullet Mullus barbatus L., in the Gulf of Koper (Yugoslavia). Zbornik Biotehniske Fakultete Univerze Edvarda. 24: 173–174.
redescription	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).
redescription	Le Pommelet, E., Bartoli, P., Silan, P. (1997). Biodiversité des digènes et autres helminthes intestinaux des Rougets: Synthèse pour Mullus surmuletus (Linné, 1758) et M. barbatus (L. 1758) dans le bassin méditerranéen. Annales des Sciences Naturelles - Zoologie et Biologie Animale. 18: 117–133.
redescription	Ammar, K. S. E.-W,. (2008). Ultrastructural study of some helminth parasites infecting the goatfish, Mullus surmuletus (Osteichthyes: Mullidae) from Syrt coast, Libya. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology. 55 (D): 169–188.
redescription	Bayoumy, E. M., El-Monem, S. A,, Ammar, K. (2008). Ultrastructural study of some helminth parasites infecting the goatfish, Mullus surmuletus (Osteichthyes: Mullidae) from Syrt Coast, Libya. Life Science Journal-Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition. 5 (1):17–24.
redescription	Radujković, B.M., Orecchia, P., Paggi, L. (1989). Parasites des poissons marin du Montenegro: digènes. Acta Adriatica. 30(1-2): 137-187.
redescription	Janiszewska, J. (1953). Some Adriatic Sea fish trematodes. Zoologica Poloniae. 6, 20–48.
redescription	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.
redescription	Dollfus, R. P. (1948). L'enigme de Distoma furcatum Bremser enfin expliquée. Contribution à la connaissance des trématodes des poissons du genre Mullus en Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 45(928): 1-23.
redescription	Jousson, O.; Bartoli, P. (2000). The life cycle of Opecoeloides columbellae (Pagenstecher, 1863) n. comb. (Digenea, Opecoelidae): evidence from molecules and morphology. International Journal for Parasitology. 30(6): 747-760.
redescription	Saad-Fares, A.; Combes, C. (1992). Comparative allometry growth of some marine fish digenetic trematodes. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 87 (suppl 1): 233–237.
redescription	Sey, O. (1968). Parasitic helminths occurring in Adriatic fishes. Part 1. (Flukes). Acta Adriatica. 13: 1-15.
redescription	Lopez-Roman, R., Guevara Pozo, D. (1977). Some Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from teleosts of the Alboran Sea. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales. 4: 223–231.
redescription	Greze, V. N., Delyamure, S. L. & Nikolaeva, V. M. (Eds.). (1975). Key to the parasites of vertebrates of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 551 pp. (In Russian).
new combination reference	Odhner, T. (1928). Weitere Trematoden mit Anus. Arkiv för Zoologi. 20, 1-6.
biology source	Bartoli, P.; Gibson, D. I. (2007). Synopsis of the life cycles of Digenea (Platyhelminthes) from lagoons of the northern coast of the western Mediterranean. Journal of Natural History. 41 (25-28): 1553–1570.