Ophthalmophagus nasicola Witenberg 1923
- Dataset
- Updated keys to the genera in the subfamilies of Cyclocoelidae Stossich, 1902, including a reconsideration of species assignments, species keys and the proposal of a new genus in Szidatitreminae Dronen, 2007
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- class
- Trematoda
- order
- Plagiorchiida
- family
- Cyclocoelidae
- genus
- Ophthalmophagus
- species
- Ophthalmophagus nasicola
discussion
Remarks. Considered a possible synonym of O. singularis (Stossich, 1902) by Dubois (1959). Joyeux & Baer (1927) considered this to be a species of Spaniometra. No oral or ventral sucker described — Witenberg (1923, 1926).
materials_examined
Type host. Water rail, Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus (Gruiformes: Rallidae). Type locality. Russian Federation; specific type locality unknown. Additional hosts. Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus Linnaeus (Pelicaniformes: Threskiornithidae); little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) (northern subspecies of Charadrius dubius Scopoli) — (Yamaguti 1958, 1971). Additional locality. Japan; specific locality unknown — Yamaguti (1971). Previously proposed synonym. Ophthalmophagus massinoi Witenberg, 1926 — Bashkirova (1950).