''Dactylostomum'' is a

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trematodes Trematoda is a class of flatworms known as trematodes, and commonly as flukes. They are obligate internal parasites with a complex life cycle requiring at least two hosts. The intermediate host, in which asexual reproduction occurs, is a moll ...

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Opecoelidae Opecoelidae is a family of trematodes. It is the largest digenean family with over 90 genera and nearly 900 species, almost solely found in marine and freshwater teleost fishes.Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H., Littlewood, D. Timothy J. & Waesch ...

. It is synonymised with ''Opedunculata'' Dwivedi, 1975.Dwivedi, M. P. (1975). A new genus of trematode with anus (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from Sapna Dam, Betul, M. P. In Tiwari, K. & Srivastava, C. (Eds.), ''Dr. B.S. Chauhan commemoration volume, 1975'' (pp. 93–97). Vani Vihar, Orissa, India: Zoological Society of India.

Species

*'' Dactylostomum armatum'' (Dwivedi, 1975) Cribb, 2005Cribb, T. H. (2005). Family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925. In Jones, A., Bray, R. & Gibson, D. (Eds.), ''Keys to the Trematoda, Volume 2'' (pp. 443–531). London: The Natural History Museum and CABI. *'' Dactylostomum caballeroi'' Martin, 1960Martin, W. E. (1960). Hawaiian helminths. II. ''Dactylostomum caballeroi'' n. sp. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae). In ''Libro Homenaje al Dr Eduardo Caballero y Caballero Jubileo 1930-1960'' (pp. 203–205). Mexico City: Instituto Politecnico Nacional Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas. *'' Dactylostomum cribbi'' Gibson, Bray & Langdon, 1990Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A. & Langdon, J. S. (1990). ''Dactylostomum cribbi'' n. sp., a new opecoeline digenean from the Australian freshwater fish ''Gadopsis marmoratus'' Richardson. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 17(2), 75–80. *'' Dactylostomum epinepheli'' Wang, 1982Wang, P. Q. (1982). Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes from Fujian Province, China. ''Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica'', 13, 179–194. *'' Dactylostomum gracile'' Woolcock, 1935 *'' Dactylostomum griffithsi'' Bray, 1987Bray, R. A. (1987). Some helminth parasites of marine fishes of south Africa: family Opecoelidae (Digenea). ''Journal of Natural History'', 21(4), 1049–1075. *'' Dactylostomum harishii'' Agrawal & Agarwal, 1988Agrawal, S. C. & Agarwal, G. P. (1988). ''Dactylostomum harishaii'' sp. nov. from the intestine of a fresh water eel ''Mastacembelus armatus'' (Lac). ''Indian Journal of Helminthology'', 40(1), 44–46. *'' Dactylostomum jhansiensis'' Agarwal & Agrawal, 1988Agarwal, G. P. & Agrawal, S. C. (1988). On a new digenetic trematode, ''Dactylostomum jhansiensis'' (family: Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925) n. sp. from the intestine of fresh water eel, ''Mastacembelus armatus'' (Lac.). ''Journal of Scientific Research of the Banaras Hindu University'', 38(1), 129–132. *'' Dactylostomum kashiensis'' (Maurya, Agarwal & Singh, 1989) Cribb, 2005Maurya, A. K., Agarwal, G. P. & Singh, S. P. (1989). On a new species of the genus ''Opedunculata'' Dwivedi, 1975 from a fresh water fish ''Mastacembelus armatus'' (Lacepede) from River Ganga at Varanasi. ''Journal of Scientific Research of the Banaras Hindu University'', 39(1–2), 39–42. *'' Dactylostomum longivesiculum'' Shimazu & Machida, 1985Shimazu, T. & Machida, M. (1985). Two new and two known opecoelid trematodes from goatfishes in Japan. ''Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Zoology'', 11(1), 1–6. *'' Dactylostomum manteri'' Ramadan, 1985Ramadan, M. M. (1985). On three new species of ''Dactylostomum'' Woolcock, (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) from the Red Sea fishes. ''Japanese Journal of Parasitology'', 34(6), 473–478. *'' Dactylostomum nicolli'' Aken'Ova, Cribb & Bray, 2003Aken'Ova, T. O., Cribb, T. H. & Bray, R. A. (2003). A new species of ''Dactylostomum'' Woolcock, 1935 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the goatfish ''Upeneichthys lineatus'' (Bloch & Schneider) (Mullidae) in Western Australian waters. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 56(1), 63–68. *'' Dactylostomum sapani'' (Dwivedi & Dwivedi, 1982) Cribb, 2005Dwivedi, M. & Dwivedi, V. (1982). A new trematode parasite ''Opedunculata sapani'' n. sp. (Trematode: Opecoelidae) from Sapanadam Betul. ''Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology'', 2(1), 7–9. *'' Dactylostomum satpali'' Agrawal & Sharma, 1989Agrawal, S. C. & Sharma, S. K. (1989). ''Dactylostomum satpali'' sp. nov. from the intestine of a fresh water eel, ''Mastacembelus armatus'' (Lac.). ''Indian Journal of Helminthology'', 41 (Supplement), 108–112. *'' Dactylostomum tanegashimense'' Shimazu & Machida, 1985 *'' Dactylostomum vitellosum'' Manter, 1940Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. ''Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions'', 2, 364–473. *'' Dactylostomum woolcocki'' Ramadan, 1985 *''

Dactylostomum yamagutii ''Dactylostomum'' is a genus of Trematoda, trematodes in the Family (biology), family Opecoelidae. It is Synonym (biology), synonymised with ''Opedunculata'' Dwivedi, 1975.Dwivedi, M. P. (1975). A new genus of trematode with anus (Trematoda: Opeco ...

'' Ramadan, 1985

Species later synonymised with species of ''Dactylostomum''

*''Dactylostomum armatum'' (Dwivedi, 1975) Cribb, 2005 **''Opedunculata armatus'' Dwivedi, 1975 *''Dactylostomum kashiensis'' (Maurya, Agarwal & Singh, 1989) Cribb, 2005 **''Opedunculata kashiensis'' Maurya, Agarwal & Singh, 1989 *''Dactylostomum sapani'' (Dwivedi & Dwivedi, 1982) Cribb, 2005 **''Opedunculata sapani'' Dwivedi & Dwivedi, 1982

References

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