Opecoelus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Species

Opecoelus adsphaericus Manter & Van Cleave, 1951Manter, H. W. & Van Cleave, H. J. (1951). Some digenetic trematodes, including eight new species, from marine fishes of La Jolla, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 101(3279), 315–340. Opecoelus arii Wang, 1982Wang, P. Q. (1982). Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Fujian Province, China. Wuyi Science Journal, 2, 65–74. Opecoelus atlanticus Zhukov, 1983Zhukov, E. V. (1983). New representatives of the fauna of trematodes from the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Parazitologiya, 17(2), 112–117. Opecoelus beliyai (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007Pande, В. P. (1937). Two new fish trematodes from Allahabad. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Biological Sciences, 7(2), 111–115.Aken’Ova, T. O. (2007). The taxonomic status of Opegaster Ozaki, 1928 and the description of four new species of Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from marine teleosts in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology, 67(1), 25–42. Opecoelus bohaiensis Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1988Li, Q., Qiu, Z. & Zhang, R. (1988). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Bo-hai Sea, China, V. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 13, 329–336. Opecoelus caballeroi Caballero Rodríguez, 1977Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1977). Estudios de la collecion de trematodos colectados por Howard A. Winter, en peces del Oceano Pacifico de Mexico y de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica. 7. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Instituto de Biologia Publicaciones Especiales, 4, 135–140. Opecoelus cameroni (Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1969). Un trematode nouveau parasite de Rana pipiens Schreber, 1872 de la République de Costa Rica (Amerique centrale). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 44, 539–546. Opecoelus caulopsettae (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007Manter, H. W. (1954). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 82, 475–568. Opecoelus crowcrofti Aken'Ova, 2007 Opecoelus goniistii Yamaguti, 1938Yamaguti, S. (1938). Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV. Kyōto: Yamaguti, S. Opecoelus gonorhynchi (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, L. P. (1979). New species of trematodes from commercial fishes of the Indian Ocean. Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok, 3, 83–86. Opecoelus haduyngoi Nguyễn, 2012Nguyễn, V. H. (2012). Mô tả hai loài sán lá mới Helicometra pisodonophi sp. n. và Opecoelus haduyngoi sp. n. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) ký sinh ở cá biển Vịnh Hạ Long, Việt Nam. Journal of Biology, 34(2), 133–138. Opecoelus himezi Yamaguti, 1952Yamaguti, S. (1951). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 44. Trematodes of fishes. IX. Acta Medica Okayama, 7, 247–282. Opecoelus inimici Yamaguti, 1934Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes. I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249–541. Opecoelus jamunicus (Srivastava, 1968) Aken'Ova, 2007Srivastava, C. B. (1968). On three new trematodes from fresh-water eels (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 180, 321–328. Opecoelus kuhliae Yamaguti, 1970Yamaguti, S. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. Tokyo: Keigaku. Opecoelus lateolabracis Yamaguti, 1958Yamaguti, S. (1958). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 52. Trematodes of fishes, XI. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 6(3), 369–384. Opecoelus lobatus Ozaki, 1925 Opecoelus lotellae Manter, 1954 Opecoelus mastacembalii (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007Harshey, K. R (1937). On two new trematodes of the genus Opegaster Ozaki, with a systematic discussion on the families Opecœlidæ Ozaki, 1925 and Coitocæcidæ Ozaki, 1928. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, A(3). Opecoelus mehrii (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opecoelus mexicanus Manter, 1940Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, 364–473. Opecoelus minimus Tubangui, 1928Tubangui, M. A. (1928). Trematode parasites of Philippine vertebrates. Philippine Journal of Science, 36(3), 351–369. Opecoelus minor Yamaguti, 1934 Opecoelus mulloidichthydis Yamaguti, 1970 Opecoelus mutu Yamaguti, 1940Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 9, 35–108. Opecoelus nipponicus Yamaguti, 1951Yamaguti, S. (1951). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 44. Trematodes of fishes, IX. Acta Medica Okayama, 7, 247–282. Opecoelus noblei Banerjee, 1965Banerjee, A. C. (1965). Some opecoelid trematodes from California with a description of Opecoelus noblei, sp. nov. American Midland Naturalist, 74(2), 451–456. Opecoelus ozaki (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954Layman, E. M. (1930). Parasitic worms from the fishes of Peter The Great Bay. Izvestiya Tikhookeanskoi Nauchno-Promyslovi Ostantsii, 3, 1–120.Yamaguti, S. (1954). Systema helminthum. Part I. Digenetic trematodes of fishes. Tokyo: Yamaguti, S. Opecoelus pacificus Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1976Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1976). Estudio de la colección de tremátodos colectados por Howard A. Winter en peces del Océano Pacífico de México y de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. V. Revista de Biología Tropical, 24(2), 191–198. Opecoelus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1958 Opecoelus pentedactylus (Manter, 1940) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opecoelus piriformis Yamaguti, 1952Yamaguti, S. (1952). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medicinae Okayama, 8(2), 147–197. Opecoelus platycephali Yamaguti, 1970 Opecoelus pomatomi Aken'Ova, 2007 Opecoelus pteroisi Shen, 1986Shen, J. (1986). Opecoelidae trematodes of marine fishes from Hainan Island. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 17(5), 379–385. Opecoelus quadratus Ozaki, 1928Ozaki, Y. (1928). On some trematodes with anus. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 2, 5–33. Opecoelus rhadinotus Manter, 1963Manter, H.W. (1963). Studies on digenetic trematodes of fishes of Fiji. II. Families Lepocreadiidae, Opistholebetidae, and Opecoelidae. Journal of Parasitology, 49, 99–113. Opecoelus scorpaenidicola Prudhoe & Bray, 1973Prudhoe, S. & Bray R. A. (1973). Digenetic trematodes from fishes. Reports A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, Series B, 8, 195–225. Opecoelus sebastisci Yamaguti, 1958 Opecoelus sebastodis Yamaguti, 1934 Opecoelus sphæricus Ozaki, 1925 Opecoelus tasmanicus Crowcroft, 1947Crowcroft, P. W. (1947). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of shallow Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1946, 5–25. Opecoelus ukigori Shimazu, 1988Shimazu, T. (1988). Trematodes of the genera Coitocaecum, Dimerosaccus and Opecoelus (Opecoelidae: Opecoelinae) from freshwater fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 37, 1–19. Opecoelus variabilis Cribb, 1985Cribb, T. H. (1985). The life cycle and biology of Opecoelus variabilis, sp. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 33(5), 715–728. Opecoelus woolcockae Aken'Ova, 2007 Opecoelus xenistii Manter, 1940 Opecoelus zhifuensis Shen & Qiu, 1995Shen, J. W. & Qiu, Z. Z. (1995). Studies on the trematodes of fishes from the Yellow Sea and the Bo Hai Sea. Beijing: Science Press.

Species later synonymised with species of Opecoelus Opecoelus beliyai (Pande, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster beliyai Pande, 1937 Opecoelus cameroni (Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster cameroni Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969 Opecoelus caulopsettae (Manter, 1954) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster caulopsettae Manter, 1954 Opecoelus gonorhynchi (Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster gonorhynchi Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979 Opecoelus jamunicus (Srivastava, 1968) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster jamunicus Srivastava, 1968 Opecoelus mastacembalii (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster mastacembalii Harshey, 1937 Opecoelus mehrii (Harshey, 1937) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster mehrii Harshey, 1937 Opecoelus mexicanus Manter, 1940 Podocotyle boneti Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1970Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1970). Estudios de la colección de tremátodos colectados por Howard A. Winter en peces del Océano Pacífico de México y de los Estados Unidos de Norte América. III. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México, 18, 265–272. Opecoelus ozaki (Layman, 1930) Yamaguti, 1954 Opegaster ozaki Layman, 1930 Opecoelus pentedactylus (Manter, 1940) Aken'Ova, 2007 Opegaster pentedactylus Manter, 1940

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