Dimerosaccus Explained

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

Notes and References

  1. Moravec, F. & Nagasawa, K. (1998). Helminth parasites of the rare endemic catfish, Liobagrus reini, in Japan. Folia Parasitologica, 45, 283–294.
  2. 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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