Dimerosaccus
| Dimerosaccus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Subfamily: | Opecoelinae |
| Genus: | Dimerosaccus Shimazu, 1980[1] |
| Species: | D. oncorhynchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi | |
Dimerosaccus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of only one species, Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi.[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 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Eguchi, S. (1931). A new species of the trematode genus Allocreadium parasitic in Oncorhynchus macrostomus. Nihon Kiseichugakkai Kiji, 3, 20–22.
- ↑ Moravec, F. & Nagasawa, K. (1998). Helminth parasites of the rare endemic catfish, Liobagrus reini, in Japan. Folia Parasitologica, 45, 283–294.
- ↑ 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.