Species Lepidapedoides ovale (Yamaguti, 1942)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudocreadium ovale Yamaguti, S. 1942. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 39. Trematodes of fishes mainly from Naha. Transactions of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 3: 329-398.

  Type data:

   Holotype MEGPM 22217, Naha, Japan.

  Type host:

   Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier, 1830) [Caesionidae] (as Caesio chrysozonus)

Generic Combinations

• Lepidapedoides ovale (Yamaguti, 1942). —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [CAESIONIDAE] Marr's Fusilier; Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) [CAESIONIDAE] Redbelly Yellowtail Fusilier).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

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