WoRMS taxon details
Opegaster macrorchis Yamaguti, 1938
728465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:728465)
accepted
Species
Opecoelus macrorchis (Yamaguti, 1938) Aken'Ova, 2007 · unaccepted (see Bray & Justine, 2013)
marine
Yamaguti, S. (1938). <em>Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV.</em> Kyöto: Yamaguti, S, 139 pp.
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Taxonomic remark Recognised as a species of Opegaster by Bray & Justine (2013).
Taxonomic remark Recognised as a species of Opegaster by Bray & Justine (2013). [details]
WoRMS (2025). Opegaster macrorchis Yamaguti, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=728465 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Yamaguti, S. (1938). <em>Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of Fishes, IV.</em> Kyöto: Yamaguti, S, 139 pp.
page(s): 59 [details]
page(s): 59 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Wang, Y.-Y.; Wang, P.-Q.; Zhang, W.-H. (1992). Opecoelid trematodes of marine fishes from Fujian Province. <em>Wuyi Science Journal.</em> 9: 67-89.
page(s): 81 [details]
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. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 238 [details]
redescription Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 54. Trematodes of fishes, XII. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 7(2): 241-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174607
page(s): 250 [details]
page(s): 81 [details]
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. <em>Osnovy Trematodologii.</em> 15: 79–329. (In Russian).
page(s): 238 [details]
redescription Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 54. Trematodes of fishes, XII. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 7(2): 241-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174607
page(s): 250 [details]
Other
additional source
Bray, R.A.; Justine, J.L. (2013). A digenean parasite in a mudskipper: Opegaster ouemoensis sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in the mangroves of New Caledonia. <em>Folia Parasitol (Praha).</em> 60(1):7-16. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Recognised as a species of Opegaster by Bray & Justine (2013). [details]
