Dimerosaccus

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Dimerosaccus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Opecoelinae
Genus:
Dimerosaccus

Shimazu, 1980[1]
Binomial name
Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi
(Eguchi, 1931) Shimazu, 1980[2][1]

Dimerosaccus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of only one species, Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi (Eguchi, 1931) Shimazu, 1980.[2][1] It has been synonymised with Allocreadium oncorhynchi Eguchi, 1931,[2] Plagioporus honshuensis Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998,[3] and P. oncorhynchi (Eguchi, 1931) Peters, 1957.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Shimazu, T. (1980). Dimerosaccus gen. nov. (Digenea: Opecoelidae), with a redescription of its type species, Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi (Eguchi, 1931) comb. nov. Japanese Journal of Parasitology, 29(3), 163–168.
  2. ^ a b c d Eguchi, S. (1931). A new species of the trematode genus Allocreadium parasitic in Oncorhynchus macrostomus. Nihon Kiseichugakkai Kiji, 3, 20–22.
  3. ^ Moravec, F. & Nagasawa, K. (1998). Helminth parasites of the rare endemic catfish, Liobagrus reini, in Japan. Folia Parasitologica, 45, 283–294.
  4. ^ Peters, L. E. (1957). An analysis of the trematode genus Allocreadium Looss with the description of Allocreadium neotenicum sp. nov. from water beetles. Journal of Parasitology, 43, 136–142.
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