Dimerosaccus
Genus of flukes
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Dimerosaccus is a genus of trematodes in the family Opecoelidae. It consists of only one species, Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi.[2][1] It has been synonymised with Allocreadium oncorhynchi Eguchi, 1931,[2] Plagioporus honshuensis Moravec & Nagasawa, 1998,[3] and P. oncorhynchi (Eguchi, 1931) Peters, 1957.[2][4]
| Dimerosaccus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Trematoda |
| Order: | Plagiorchiida |
| Family: | Opecoelidae |
| Subfamily: | Opecoelinae |
| Genus: | Dimerosaccus Shimazu, 1980[1] |
| Species: | D. oncorhynchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dimerosaccus oncorhynchi | |
