Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Trematoda > Subclass Digenea > Order Plagiorchiida > Suborder Hemiurata > Superfamily Hemiuroidea > Family Bunocotylidae

Opisthadeninae Yamaguti, 1970

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Genolinea Manter, 1925
Opisthadena Linton, 1910

Literature

original description

Yamaguti, S. (1970). Digenetic trematodes of Hawaiian fishes. Tokyo: Keigaku, 436 pp.

additional source

Gibson, D.I. (1996) Guide to the parasites of Canadian fishes. Part IV. Trematoda. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 373 pp.

taxonomy source

Atopkin, D.; Nakao, M.; Besprozvannykh, V.; Ha, N.; Nguyen, H.; Sasaki, M. (2020). Morphological and molecular data for species of Lecithaster Lühe, 1901 and Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) from fish of East Asia and phylogenetic relationships within the Hemiuroidea Looss, 1899. Journal of Helminthology. 1-13.

identification resource

Gibson, D.I. (2002). Family Hemiuridae Looss, 1899. In: Gibson D. I., Jones, A. & Bray, R. A. (eds),. Keys to the Trematoda, vol. 1. Wallingford: CAB International and the Natural History Museum, pp. 305–340.

identification resource

Gibson, D. I.; Bray, R. A. (1979). The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 36: 35-146.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Opisthadeninae Yamaguti, 1970. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724984

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish

Importance

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2023-07-09 by Rod Bray

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