Opecoelidae

Opecoelidae
Hamacreadium cribbi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Trematoda
Order:	Plagiorchiida
Suborder:	Xiphidiata
Superfamily:	Opecoelioidea
Family:	Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925[1]

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.^[2] It was considered by Bray et al. to belong in the superfamily Opecoeloidea Ozaki, 1925 or the Brachycladioidea Odhner, 1905.^[2]

Genera

Family Opecoelidae

• Subfamily Bathycreadiinae Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]
  • Genus Bathycreadium Kabata, 1961^[4]
• Subfamily Hamacreadiinae Martin, Downie & Cribb, 2019^[5]
  • Genus Allopodocotyle Pritchard, 1966^[6]
  • Genus Bentholebouria Andres, Pulis & Overstreet, 2014^[7]
  • Genus Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909^[8]
  • Genus Choanotrema Nitta & Tanaka, 2018^[9]
  • Genus Hamacreadium Linton, 1910^[10]
  • Genus Pacificreadium Durio & Manter, 1968^[11]
  • Genus Paraplagioporus Yamaguti, 1939^[12]
  • Genus Pedunculacetabulum Yamaguti, 1934^[13]
  • Genus Podocotyloides Yamaguti, 1934^[13]
• Subfamily Helicometrinae Bray, Cribb, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016^[2]
  • Genus Helicometra Odhner, 1902^[14]
  • Genus Helicometrina Linton, 1910^[10]
  • Genus Neohelicometra Siddiqi & Cable, 1960^[15]
  • Genus Proneohelicometra Hassanine, 2006^[16]
• Subfamily Opecoelinae Ozaki, 1925^[1]
  • Genus Anisoporus Ozaki, 1928^[17]
  • Genus Anomalotrema Zhukov, 1957^[18]
  • Genus Apertile Overstreet, 1969^[19]
  • Genus Coitocaecum Nicoll, 1915^[20]
  • Genus Dactylomyza Aken'Ova, 2003^[21]
  • Genus Dactylostomum Woolcock, 1935^[22]
  • Genus Dimerosaccus Shimazu, 1980^[23]
  • Genus Discoverytrema Gibson, 1976^[24]
  • Genus Genitocotyle Park, 1937^[25]
  • Genus Labracetabulum Reimer, 1987^[26]
  • Genus Manteriella Yamaguti, 1958^[27]
  • Genus Margolisia Bray, 1987^[28]
  • Genus Neodactylostomum Toman, 1996^[29]
  • Genus Notoporus Yamaguti, 1938^[30]
  • Genus Opecoeloides Odhner, 1928^[31]
  • Genus Opecoelus Ozaki, 1925^[1]
  • Genus Opegaster Ozaki, 1928^[17]
  • Genus Paropecoelus Pritchard, 1966^[32]
  • Genus Parvacreadium Manter, 1940^[33]
  • Genus Poracanthium Dollfus, 1948^[34]
  • Genus Pseudopecoeloides Yamaguti, 1940^[35]
  • Genus Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946^[36]
• Subfamily Opecoelininae Gibson & Bray, 1984^[37]
  • Genus Bartoliella Aken'Ova, 2003^[21]
  • Genus Opecoelina Manter, 1934^[38]
• Subfamily Opistholebetinae Fukui, 1929^[39]
  • Genus Gaevskajatrema Gibson & Bray, 1982^[40]
  • Genus Heterolebes Ozaki, 1935^[41]
  • Genus Maculifer Nicoll, 1915^[20]
  • Genus Macvicaria Gibson & Bray, 1982^[40]
  • Genus Magnaosimum Martin, Crouch, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[42]
  • Genus Opistholebes Nicoll, 1915^[20]
  • Genus Pachycreadium Manter, 1954^[43]
  • Genus Parallelolebes Martin, Ribu, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[44]
  • Genus Peracreadium Nicoll, 1909^[8]
  • Genus Pinguitrema Siddiqi & Cable, 1960^[15]
  • Genus Propycnadenoides Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964^[45]
  • Genus Pseudoheterolebes Yamaguti, 1959^[46]
  • Genus Pseudopycnadena Saad-Fares & Maillard, 1986^[47]
  • Genus Pycnadena Linton, 1910^[10]
  • Genus Pycnadenoides Yamaguti, 1938^[30]
• Subfamily Plagioporinae Manter, 1947^[48]
  • Genus Anthochoanocotyle Kamegai, 1972^[49]
  • Genus Choerodonicola Cribb, 2005^[50]
  • Genus Decemtestis Yamaguti, 1934^[13]
  • Genus Diplobulbus Yamaguti, 1934^[13]
  • Genus Eucreadium Dayal, 1942^[51]
  • Genus Heterochoanostoma Machida, 2014^[52]
  • Genus Hysterogonia Hanson, 1955^[53]
  • Genus Jerguillicola Bray, 2002^[54]
  • Genus Mesocreadium Reimer, 1987^[26]
  • Genus Multivitellina Schell, 1974^[55]
  • Genus Neochoanostoma Bray & Cribb, 1989^[56]
  • Genus Neopecoelina Gupta, 1955^[57]
  • Genus Neoplagioporus Shimazu, 1990^[58]
  • Genus Neopodocotyle Dayal, 1950^[59]
  • Genus Nezpercella Schell, 1974^[55]
  • Genus Nicolla Wisniewski, 1933^[60]
  • Genus Paramanteriella Li, Qiu & Zhang, 1988^[61]
  • Genus Pellamyzon Montgomery, 1957^[62]
  • Genus Phyllotrema Yamaguti, 1934^[13]
  • Genus Plagiocirrus Van Cleave & Mueller, 1932^[63]
  • Genus Plagioporus Stafford, 1904^[64]
  • Genus Pseudopodocotyle Caballero Rodríguez, 1970^[65]
  • Genus Pseudosphaerostomum Koval & Shevchenko, 1970^[66]
  • Genus Pseudurorchis Yamaguti, 1971^[67]
  • Genus Sphaerostoma Rudolphi, 1809^[68]
  • Genus Thynstenopera Bilqees & Khatoon, 2004^[69]
  • Genus Trilobovarium Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2017^[70]
  • Genus Urorchis Ozaki, 1927^[71]
  • Genus Vesicocoelium Tang, Hsu, Huang & Lu, 1975^[72]
  • Genus Villarrealina Bolaños & Salas, 1982^[73]
• Subfamily Podocotylinae Dollfus, 1959^[74]
  • Genus Bathypodocotyle Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]
  • Genus Buticulotrema Blend, Dronen & McEachran, 1993^[75]
  • Genus Halosaurotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]
  • Genus Macrourimegatrema Blend, Dronen & Armstrong, 2004^[76]
  • Genus Neolebouria Gibson, 1976^[24]
  • Genus Podocotyle Dujardin, 1845^[77]
  • Genus Tellervotrema Gibson & Bray, 1982^[40]
• Subfamily Pseudoplagioporinae Martin, Cutmore & Cribb, 2019^[78]
  • Genus Fairfaxia Cribb, 1989^[79]
  • Genus Pseudoplagioporus Yamaguti, 1938^[30]
  • Genus Shimazuia Cribb, 2005^[50]
• Subfamily Stenakrinae Yamaguti, 1970^[80]
  • Genus Biospeedotrema Bray, Waeschenbach, Dyal, Littlewood & Morand, 2014^[81]
  • Genus Caudotestis Issaitschikov, 1928^[82]
  • Genus Hexagrammia Baeva, 1965^[83]
  • Genus Holsworthotrema Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]
  • Genus Neonotoporus Srivastava, 1942^[84]
  • Genus Pseudopecoelina Yamaguti, 1942^[85]
  • Genus Scorpidotrema Aken'Ova & Cribb, 2003^[86]
  • Genus Stenakron Stafford, 1904^[64]
• Genera incertae sedis
  • Genus Abyssopedunculus Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]
  • Genus Mesobathylebouria Martin, Huston, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018^[3]

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