Dimerosaccus
| Dimerosaccus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Subfamily: | Opecoelinae |
| Genus: | Dimerosaccus Shimazu, 1980[2] |
| Species: | D. oncorhynchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi | |
Dimerosaccus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of only one species, Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi.[1][2] It has been synonymised with Allocreadium oncorhynchi Eguchi, 1931,[1] Plagioporus honshuensis Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998,[3] and P. oncorhynchi (Eguchi, 1931) Peters, 1957.[1][4]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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