''Pseudoheterolebes'' 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 ...

in the

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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 ...

. After having been originally described, it was largely ignored by other scientists due to the originally vague definition of the genus; Martin ''et al.'', 2018 resurrected the genus to resolve a dispute among the existing definitions of ''

Opistholebes ''Opistholebes'' is a genus of trematodes in the family 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 fishe ...

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Maculifer ''Maculifer'' is a genus of trematodes in the family 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.B ...

'', which were also described by earlier reports of Yamaguti.

Species

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Pseudoheterolebes adcotylophorus ''Pseudoheterolebes'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. After having been originally described, it was largely ignored by other scientists due to the originally vague definition of the genus; Martin ''et al.'', 2018 resurrected ...

'' (Manter, 1947) Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018Manter, H. W. (1947). The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. ''American Midland Naturalist'', 38, 257–416.Martin, S., Ribu, D., Cutmore, S. C. & Cribb, T. H. (2018). Opistholobetines (Digenea: Opecoelidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. ''Systematic Parasitology'', 95, 743–781. *''

Pseudoheterolebes corazonae ''Pseudoheterolebes'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. After having been originally described, it was largely ignored by other scientists due to the originally vague definition of the genus; Martin ''et al.'', 2018 resurrected ...

'' Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018 *'' Pseudoheterolebes cotylophorus'' (Ozaki, 1935) Yamaguti, 1959Ozaki, Y. (1935). Two new trematodes of the family Opistholebetidae Travassos. ''Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Tokyo'', 11, 244–246. *''

Pseudoheterolebes diodontis ''Pseudoheterolebes'' is a genus of trematodes in the family 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 ...

'' (Cable, 1956) Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018Cable, R. M. (1956). ''Opistholebes diodontis'' n. sp., its development in the final host, the affinities of some aphistomatous trematodes from marine fishes and the allocreadioid problem. ''Parasitology'', 46, 1–13. *''

Pseudoheterolebes stellaglobulus ''Pseudoheterolebes'' is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. After having been originally described, it was largely ignored by other scientists due to the originally vague definition of the genus; Martin ''et al.'', 2018 resurrected ...

'' Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

References

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