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Opecoelidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Platyhelminthes

Order
  
Plagiorchiida

Suborder
  
Opecoelata

Rank
  
Family

Subclass
  
Digenea

Similar
  
Digenea, Bucephalidae, Plagiorchiida, Stephanostomum baccatum

Opecoelidae is a family of flatworm. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes. It is now considered to belong in the superfamily Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925 or the Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905.

Partial list of genera

  • Alloanomalotrema
  • Allopodocotyle
  • Allostenoperca
  • Anomalotrema
  • Apertile
  • Apopodocotyle
  • Bartoliella
  • Bathycreadium
  • Buticulotrema
  • Cainocreadium
  • Coitocaecum
  • Crowcrocaecum
  • Dactylomyza
  • Dactylostomum
  • Decemtestis
  • Diplobulbus
  • Discoverytrema
  • Eurycreadium
  • Fairfaxia
  • Gaevskajatrema
  • Genitocotyle
  • Hamacreadium
  • Helicometra
  • Helicometrina
  • Jerguillicola
  • Macrourimegatrema
  • Macvicaria
  • Manteriella
  • Neohelicometra
  • Neolebouria
  • Neonotoporus
  • Neopecoelus
  • Neopodocotyloides
  • Nezpercella
  • Nicolla
  • Opecoelina
  • Opecoeloides
  • Opecoelus
  • Opegaster
  • Opercoelus
  • Ozaki
  • Pachycreadium
  • Paropecoelus
  • Pellamyzon
  • Peracreadium
  • Plagioporus
  • Podocotyle
  • Podocotyloides
  • Poracanthium
  • Proneohelicometra
  • Pseudopecoeloides
  • Pseudopecoelus
  • Pseudopycnadena
  • Pycnadenoides
  • Scorpidometra
  • Stenakron
  • Stenoperca
  • Tellervotrema

    • References

    Opecoelidae Wikipedia
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