Neoplagioporus Explained

Neoplagioporus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae.

Species

• Neoplagioporus ayu (Takahashi, 1928) Shimazu, 1990^[1]
• Neoplagioporus elongatus (Goto & Ozaki, 1930) [emend. Gibson, 1976] Shimazu, 1990^{[2] [3]}
• Neoplagioporus kajika Urabe & Higa, 2006^[4]
• Neoplagioporus zacconis (Yamaguti, 1934) Shimazu, 1990^[5]

Further reading

• Shimazu, T. (2017). Digeneans parasitic in freshwater fishes (Osteichthyes) of Japan, X. Opecoelidae, Plagioporinae. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 43(1), 1–28.

Notes and References

1. Takahashi, S. (1928). On a new trematode Podocotyle ayu n. sp. from the intestine of Plecoglossus altivelis (T. and S.). Arbeiten aus der Medizinischen Universität zu Okayama, 1, 51–56.
2. Goto, S. & Ozaki, Y. (1930). Brief notes on new trematodes, III. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 3, 73–82.
3. Gibson, D. I. (1976). Monogenea and Digenea from fishes. Discovery Reports, 36, 182–266.
4. Urabe, M. & Higa, E. (2006). A new trematode species Neoplagioporus kajika sp. n. (Digenea: Opecoelidae), parasitic in the Japanese fluvial sculpin, Cottus pollux (Osteichthyes: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), from Japan. Folia Parasitologica, 53(3), 208–210.
5. Yamaguti, S. (1934). Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 5, 249–541.