WoRMS taxon details
Opechona pyriformis (Linton, 1900) Bray & Gibson, 1990
727473 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:727473)
accepted
Species
Distomum pyriforme Linton, 1900 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neopechona cablei Stunkard, 1980 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Neopechona pyriformis (Linton, 1900) Stunkard, 1969 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Opechona cablei (Stunkard, 1980) Bray & Gibson, 1990 · unaccepted (Synonym )
marine
(of Distomum pyriforme Linton, 1900) Linton, E. (1900). Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole in 1898. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 19:267-304.
page(s): 292 [details]
page(s): 292 [details]
Type locality contained in Virginian
type locality contained in Virginian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomic remark According to Bray & Gibson (1990), many of the records attributed to this species and its synonyms by various authors are...
Taxonomic remark According to Bray & Gibson (1990), many of the records attributed to this species and its synonyms by various authors are Prodistomum polonii. [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neopechona cablei Stunkard, 1980) Stunkard, H. W. (1980). Successive hosts and developmental stages in the life history of Neopechona cablei sp. n. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 66, 636–641., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3280521
page(s): 637 [details]
original description (of Distomum pyriforme Linton, 1900) Linton, E. (1900). Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole in 1898. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 19:267-304.
page(s): 292 [details]
new combination reference Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. (1990). The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes of the north-east Atlantic: review of the genera Opechona Looss, 1907 and Prodistomum Linton, 1910. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 15: 159-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00010135
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 637 [details]
original description (of Distomum pyriforme Linton, 1900) Linton, E. (1900). Fish parasites collected at Woods Hole in 1898. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 19:267-304.
page(s): 292 [details]
new combination reference Bray, R. A., Gibson, D. I. (1990). The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of fishes of the north-east Atlantic: review of the genera Opechona Looss, 1907 and Prodistomum Linton, 1910. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 15: 159-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00010135
page(s): 179 [details]
Other
additional source
Özer, A. (2021). Checklist of Marine, Freshwater, and Aquarium Fish Parasites in Turkey. <em>Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) Publication No: 62, Istanbul, Turkey,.</em> 311 pp. [details]
biology source Martell-Hernández, L. F.; Ocaña-Luna, A.; Sánchez-Ramírez, M. (2011). Seasonal occurrence of Opechona pyriforme metacercariae (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in Eirene tenuis medusae (Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from a hypersaline lagoon in Western Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 97 (1): 68–71., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-2384.1 [details]
biology source Martell-Hernández, L. F.; Ocaña-Luna, A.; Sánchez-Ramírez, M. (2011). Seasonal occurrence of Opechona pyriforme metacercariae (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in Eirene tenuis medusae (Hydrozoa: Leptothecata) from a hypersaline lagoon in Western Gulf of Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 97 (1): 68–71., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/ge-2384.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark According to Bray & Gibson (1990), many of the records attributed to this species and its synonyms by various authors are Prodistomum polonii. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Neopechona cablei Stunkard, 1980)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Opechona cablei (Stunkard, 1980) Bray & Gibson, 1990)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (7 records) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Opechona cablei (Stunkard, 1980) Bray & Gibson, 1990)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (7 records) (from synonym Lepocreadium pyriforme (Linton, 1900) Linton, 1934)
