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

Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gaevskajatrema Gibson & Bray, 1982
Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982
Pachycreadium Manter, 1954
Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909
Pseudopycnadena Saad-Fares & Maillard, 1986
Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938

Literature

basis of record

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.

taxonomy source

Karar, Y. F. M.; Blend, C. K.; Mohamadain, H. S.; Khalifa, R. M. A.; Dronen, N. O. (2020). Unusual opecoelids from Red Sea triggerfishes with special reference to characteristic concepts of the Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Opecoelidae). Zootaxa. 4834(1): 1-32.

taxonomy source

Martin, S. B.; Crouch, K.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2018). Expansion of the concept of the Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925), with Magnaosimum brooksae n. g., n. sp. from Tripodichthys angustifrons (Hollard) (Tetraodontiformes: Triacanthidae) in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology.

identification resource

Martin, S. B.; Ribu, D.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2018). Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology. 95: 743–781.

identification resource

Karar, Y. F. M.; Blend, C. K.; Mohamadain, H. S.; Khalifa, R. M. A.; Dronen, N. O. (2020). Unusual opecoelids from Red Sea triggerfishes with special reference to characteristic concepts of the Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929 (Digenea: Opecoelidae). Zootaxa. 4834(1): 1-32.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411236

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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Last modified

2018-02-08 by David Gibson

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