Opegaster

''Opegaster'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Species

*'' Opegaster acuta'' Manter, 1940Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. ''Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions'', 2, 325–497
*'' Opegaster alykhani'' Bilqees, Hadi, Khatoon, Muti-ur-Rehman, Perveen & Haseeb, 2009Bilqees, F., Hadi, R., Khatoon, N., Muti-ur-Rehman, Perveen, S. & Haseeb, M. (2009). ''Opegaster alykhani'' n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the fish ''Lutjanus argentimaculatus'' (Day) of Karachi coast. ''Proceedings of Parasitology'', 48, 65–71.
*'' Opegaster anguilli'' Harshey, 1933Harshey, K. R. (1933). On a new trematode with anus belonging to the genus ''Opegaster'' Ozaki, 1928, from an Indian eel, ''Anguilla bengalensis''. ''Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'', 3(2), 113–118.
*'' Opegaster apogonichthydis'' Yamaguti, 1938Yamaguti, S. (1938). ''Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, IV''. Kyoto: Yamaguti, S.
*'' Opegaster beliyai'' Pande, 1937Pande, В. P. (1937). Two new fish trematodes from Allahabad. ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Biological Sciences'', 7(2), 111–115.
*'' Opegaster bothi'' Yamaguti, 1970Yamaguti, S. (1970). ''Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes''. Tokyo: Keigaku.
*'' Opegaster brevifistula'' Ozaki, 1928
*'' Opegaster cameroni'' Caballero y Caballero & Caballero Rodríguez, 1969Caballero y Caballero, E. & Caballero Rodríguez, G. (1969). Un trematode nouveau parasite de ''Rana pipiens'' Schreber, 1872 de la République de Costa Rica (Amerique centrale). ''Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée'', 44, 539–546.
*'' Opegaster caulopsettae'' Manter, 1954Manter, H. W. (1954). Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'', 82, 475–568.
*'' Opegaster cryptocentri'' Yamaguti, 1958Yamaguti, S. (1958). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 52. Trematodes of fishes, XI. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 6, 369–384.
*'' Opegaster dactylopteri'' Yamaguti, 1970
*'' Opegaster dendrochiri'' Yamaguti, 1970
*''Opegaster dermatogenyos'' Yamaguti, 1970
*'' Opegaster ditrematis'' Yamaguti, 1942Yamaguti, S. (1942). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 39. Trematodes of fishes mainly from Naha. ''Transactions of the Biogeographical Society of Japan'', 3, 329–398.
*'' Opegaster elongata'' Yamaguti, 1959Yamaguti, S. (1959). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 54. Trematodes of fishes, XII. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 7, 241–262.
*'' Opegaster gobii'' Yamaguti, 1952Yamaguti, S. (1952). Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. ''Acta Medicinae Okayama'', 8, 146–198.
*''Opegaster gonorhynchi'' Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, 1979Gavrilyuk-Tkachuk, L. P. (1979). New species of trematodes from commercial fishes of the Indian Ocean. ''Biologiya Morya, Vladivostok'', 3, 83–86.
*''Opegaster hawaiiensis'' Yamaguti, 1970
*''Opegaster hippocampi'' Shen, 1982Shen J. (1982). Two new digenetic trematodes from the seahorse ''Hippocampus trimaculatus''. ''Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica'', 13, 285–288.
*''Opegaster iniistii'' Yamaguti, 1970
*''Opegaster lobulus'' Wang, 1977Wang, P. (1977). A survey of the parasites of eels from Fujian Province, China, II. ''Journal of Fujian Teachers' University, Natural Science'', 1, 53–63.
*''Opegaster longivesicula'' Yamaguti, 1952
*''Opegaster lutiani'' Bravo-Hollis & Manter, 1957Bravo-Hollis, M. & Manter, H. (1957). Trematodes of marine fishes of Mexican waters. X. Thirteen Digenea including nine new species and two new genera from Pacific coast. ''Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington'', 24, 35–48.
*''Opegaster macrorchis'' Yamaguti, 1938
*''Opegaster mastacembalii'' Harshey, 1937Harshey, K. R. (1937). On two new trematodes of the genus ''Opegaster'' Ozaki, with a systematic discussion on the families Opecœlidæ Ozaki, 1925 and Coitocæcidæ Ozaki, 1928. ''Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences'', A(3).
*''Opegaster mehrii'' Harshey, 1937
*''Opegaster oplegnathi'' Wang, Wang & Zhang, 1992Wang Y., Wang P. & Zhang W. (1992). Opecoelid trematodes of marine fishes from Fujian Province. ''Wuyi Science Journal'', 9, 67–89.
*'' Opegaster ouemoensis'' Bray & Justine, 2013Bray, R. & Justine, J. (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. ''Folia Parasitologica'', 60(1), 7–16.
*''Opegaster ovatus'' Ozaki, 1928
*'' Opegaster paramacrorchis'' Hafeezullah, 1971Hafeezullah, M. (1971). Opecoelid trematodes of marine fishes of India. ''Parasitology'', 62, 321–329.
*'' Opegaster parapristipomatis'' Yamaguti, 1934Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 5, 249–541.
*'' Opegaster plotosi'' Yamaguti, 1940Yamaguti, S. (1940). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan, Part 31. Trematodes of fishes, VII. ''Japanese Journal of Zoology'', 9, 35–108.
*'' Opegaster pritchardae'' Overstreet, 1969Overstreet, R. M. (1969). Digenetic trematodes of marine teleost fishes from Biscayne Bay, Florida. ''Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany'', 15, 119–176.
*'' Opegaster queenslandicus'' (Aken'Ova, 2007) Bray & Justine, 2013Aken’Ova, T. O. (2007). The taxonomic status of ''Opegaster'' Ozaki, 1928 and the description of four new species of ''Opecoelus'' Ozaki, 1925 (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from marine teleosts in Australian waters. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 67, 25–42.
*'' Opegaster rectus'' Ozaki, 1928
*'' Opegaster syngnathi'' Yamaguti, 1934
*'' Opegaster synodi'' Manter, 1947Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. ''American Midland Naturalist'', 38, 257–416.
*'' Opegaster tamori'' Yamaguti, 1938

References

Opecoelidae
Plagiorchiida genera

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