Species Anoplodiscus australis Johnston, 1930

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• Anoplodiscus australis Johnston, T.H. 1930. A new species of trematode of the genus Anoplodiscus. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 7: 108-112.

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC40008 1 slide, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] (Parasite from fin)

Generic Combinations

• Anoplocotyle australis (Johnston, 1930). —
  Palombi, A. 1943. Notize elemintologiche IV. Anoplodiscus richardii Sonsino e A. australis nom. nov., loro posizione sistematica. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università de Napoli 7(15): 1-3
• Anoplodiscus australis Johnston, 1930. —
  Ogawa, K. & Egusa, S. 1981. The systematic position of the genus Anoplodiscus (Monogenea: Anoplodiscidae). Systematic Parasitology 2: 253-260 [253]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Sydney Harbour, Coffs Harbour; Darwin, Broome, Point Samson; Brisbane and Peronian and Dampierian zoogeographical regions.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 [SPARIDAE] Gilthead Seabream; Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål, 1775) [SPARIDAE] Pikey Bream; Acanthopagrus latus (Houttuyn, 1782) [SPARIDAE] Western Yellowfin Bream; Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream).

Diagnosis References

Johnston, T.H. 1930. A new species of trematode of the genus Anoplodiscus. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 7: 108-112

General References

Byrnes, T. 1992. Geographical distribution and host specificity of ectoparasites of Australian bream, Acanthopagrus spp. (Sparidae). Folia Parasitologica. Prague 39: 249-264 [252] (Australian host & locality record)

Ogawa, K. & Egusa, S. 1981. The systematic position of the genus Anoplodiscus (Monogenea: Anoplodiscidae). Systematic Parasitology 2: 253-260 (Redescription)

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