Rhopalias oochi

Rhopalias oochi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinostomatoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Trematoda Subclassis: Digenea Ordo: Plagiorchiida Subordo: Echinostomata Superfamilia: Echinostomatoidea

Familia: Rhopaliidae
Genus: Rhopalias
Species: Rhopalias oochi

Name

Rhopalias oochi López-Caballero, Mata-López & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2019

Holotype: CNHE 9504.

[CNHE: Colección Nacional de Helmintos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City]

Type locality: Rancho Hobonil, Tzucacab, Yucatán state, Mexico (20°00'58"N, 89°01'12"W).

Type host: Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758.

Paratypes: CNHE 10926 (3 specimens) and hologenophores CNHE 11069 (4 specimens).

ZooBank: 2AFA9155-52CE-4436-A95F-2B0E85F93C72

References

Primary references

• López-Caballero, J., Mata-López, R. & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. 2019. Molecular data reveal a new species of Rhopalias Stiles & Hassall, 1898 (Digenea, Echinostomatidae) in the Common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis L. (Mammalia, Didelphidae) in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Zookeys, 854: 145–163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.854.34549 Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Rhopalias oochi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Rhopalias oochi.
• ION
• Species-ID

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