''Neoplagioporus'' 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 ...

Species

*'' Neoplagioporus ayu'' (Takahashi, 1928) Shimazu, 1990Takahashi, S. (1928). On a new trematode ''Podocotyle ayu'' n. sp. from the intestine of ''Plecoglossus altivelis'' (T. and S.). ''Arbeiten aus der Medizinischen Universität zu Okayama'', 1, 51–56. *'' Neoplagioporus elongatus'' ( Goto & Ozaki, 1930) mend. Gibson, 1976Shimazu, 1990Goto, S. & Ozaki, Y. (1930). Brief notes on new trematodes, III. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 3, 73–82.Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. ''Discovery Reports'', 36, 182–266. *'' Neoplagioporus kajika'' Urabe & Higa, 2006Urabe, M. & Higa, E. (2006). A new trematode species ''Neoplagioporus kajika'' sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae), parasitic in the Japanese fluvial sculpin, ''Cottus pollux'' (Osteichthyes: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), from Japan. ''Folia Parasitologica'', 53(3), 208–210. *'' Neoplagioporus zacconis'' ( Yamaguti, 1934) Shimazu, 1990Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 5, 249–541.

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