Species Opechona cf. olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934) Yamaguti, 1938

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pharyngora olssoni Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541.

  Type data:

   Holotype MEGPM Numbers not provided, Pacific Coast, off Japan [Lat/Long not provided].
  Paratype(s) MEGPM Numbers not provided, Pacific Coast and Toyama Bay, Japan [Lat/Long not provided].

Generic Combinations

• Opechona olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934) Yamaguti, 1938. —
  Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp.
• Neopechona olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934) Shimazu, 1986. —
  Shimazu, T. 1986. Lepocreadium misakiense sp. n. and Neopechona olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934), comb. n. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae), parasites of a Japanese marine fish, Scomber japonicus. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 3: 569-571

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 [SCOMBRIDAE] Blue mackerel).

Metacercariae: parasitic (host(s): Pukia falcata Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010 [PUKIIDAE] Sea Gooseberry; Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810 [PELAGIIDAE] Australian Sea Nettle; Aldersladia magnificus Gershwin, 2006 [AEQUOREIDAE] Crystal jelly; Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 [PELAGIIDAE] Sea Nettle (nomen dubium)).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Cutmore, S.C., Wee, N.Q-X., Browne, J.G., Morales, P.D. & Pitt, K.A. 2024. Lepocreadiidae (Trematoda) associated with gelatinous zooplankton (Cnidaria and Ctenophora) and fishes in Australian and Japanese waters. Parasitology International 101(102890)

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