Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Diplostomida > Suborder Diplostomata > Superfamily Schistosomatoidea > Family Aporocotylidae > Genus Cardicola

Cardicola opisthorchis Ogawa, Ishimaru, Shirakashi, Takami & Grabner, 2011

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cardicola*	Short, 1953	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Ogawa, K.; Ishimaru, K.; Shirakashi, S.; Takami, I.; Grabner, D. (2011). Cardicola opisthorchis n. sp. (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) from the Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844), cultured in Japan. Parasitology International. 60(3): 307-312.
additional source	Warren, M. B.; Bakenhaster, M. D.; Dutton, H. R.; Ksepka, S. P.; Bullard, S. A. (2021). Redescription of the Type Species of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) and Description of a New Congener Infecting Yellowedge Grouper, Hyporthodus flavolimbatus (Perciformes: Serranidae), from the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Parasitology. 107(1).
additional source	Pennacchi, Y.; Shirakashi, S.; Nowak, B. F.; Bridle, A. R. (2016). Immune reactivity in early life stages of sea-cage cultured Pacific bluefin tuna naturally infected with blood flukes from genus Cardicola (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae). Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 58: 490-499.
additional source	Polinski, M.; Hamilton, D. B.; Nowak, B.; Bridle, A. (2013). SYBR, TaqMan, or both: Highly sensitive, non-invasive detection of Cardicola blood fluke species in Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii). Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 191 (1): 7–15.
additional source	Sugihara, Y.; Yamada, T.; Tamaki, A.; Yamanishi, R.; Kanai, K. (2014). Larval stages of the bluefin tuna blood fluke Cardicola opisthorchis (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) found from Terebella sp. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae). Parasitology International. 63 (2): 295–299.
additional source	Forte-Gil, D.; Holzer, A. S.; Pecková, H.; Bartošová-Sojková, P.; Peñalver, J.; Dolores, E. M.; Muñoz, P. (2016). Molecular and morphological identification of Cardicola (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) eggs in hatchery-reared and migratory Atlantic bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus L.). Aquaculture. 450: 58–66.
additional source	Sugihara, Y.; Yamada, T.; Ichimaru, T.; Matsukura, K.; Kanai, K. (2016). Detection of bluefin tuna blood flukes ( Cardicola spp.) from wild juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis caught for aquaculture. Aquaculture. 452: 9-11.
additional source	Shirakashi, S.; Kishimoto, Y.; Kinami, R.; Katano, H.; Ishimaru, K.; Murata, O.; Itoh, N.; Ogawa, K. (2012). Morphology and distribution of blood fluke eggs and associated pathology in the gills of cultured Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis. Parasitology International. 61 (2): 242–249.
redescription	Palacios-Abella, J. F.; Rodríguez-Llanos, J.; Mele, S.; Montero, F. E. (2015). Morphological characterisation and identification of four species of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Trematoda: Aporocotylidae) infecting the Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (L.) in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology. 91 (2): 101–117.

Genbank

Citation

WoRMS (2025). Cardicola opisthorchis Ogawa, Ishimaru, Shirakashi, Takami & Grabner, 2011. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720117