Anisoporus Explained

Anisoporus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Species

• Anisoporus cobraeformis Ozaki, 1928
• Anisoporus orientalis Madhavi, 1975^[1]

Former species

Some species formerly in Anisoporus have been synonymised to other genera. They are:

• Anisoporus eucinostomi Manter, 1940,^[2] synonymised to Opecoeloides eucinostomi (Manter, 1940) von Wicklen, 1946^{[2] [3]}
• Anisoporus manteri Hunninen & Cable, 1940,^[4] synonymised to Opecoeloides manteri (Hunninen & Cable, 1940) Hunninen & Cable, 1941^{[4] [5]}
• Anisoporus thyrinopsi Manter, 1940,^[2] synonymised to Opecoeloides thyrinopsi (Manter, 1940) Skrjabin & Petrov, 1958^{[2] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Madhavi, R. (1975). Digenetic trematodes from marine fishes of Waltair Coast, Bay of Bengal. Family Opecoelidae. Rivista di Parassitologia, 36, 153–164.
2. Manter, H. W. (1940). Digenetic trematodes of fishes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighboring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 2, 364–473.
3. von Wicklen, J. H. (1946). The trematode genus Opecoeloides and related genera, with a description of Opecoeloides polynemi n. sp. The Journal of Parasitology, 32(2), 156–163.
4. Hunninen, A. V. & Cable, R. M. (1940). Studies on the life history of Anisoporus manteri sp. nov. (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae). The Biological Bulletin, 79, 373–374.
5. Hunninen, A. V. & Cable, R. M. (1941). Studies on the life history of Anisoporus manteri Hunninen and Cable, 1940 (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae). The Biological Bulletin, 80(3), 415–428.
6. Skrjabin, K. I. & Petrov, A. M. (1958). Subfamily Opecoelidae Stunkard. Osnovy Trematodologii, 15, 94–329.