• BUNOCOTYLIDAE Dollfus, 1950.

History of changes

• Bunocotylinae Dollfus, R.P. 1950. Trematodes collected in the Belgian Congo by Professor Paul Brien (May-August 1937). Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren 1(1): 1–136.

  Type genus:

   Bunocotyle Odhner, 1928.

History of changes

• Saturnius Manter, H.W. 1969. Three new genera hemiurid trematodes from Australian fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 787-792.

  Type species:

   Saturnius segmentatus Manter, 1969 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Saturnius segmentatus Manter, H.W. 1969. Three new genera hemiurid trematodes from Australian fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 787-792.

  Type host:

   Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [MUGILIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [MUGILIDAE] Sea Mullet).

General References

Overstreet, R.M. 1977. A revision of Saturnius Manter, 1969 (Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) with descriptions of two new species from the striped mullet. Sobretiro de Excerta Parasitológica en memoria del doctor Eduardo Caballero y Caballero 4: 273-284 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Hysterolecithinae Yamaguti, S. 1958. Systema helminthum 1. The digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Parts I and II. New. York, New York : Interscience Publishers, Inc.

  Type genus:

   Hysterolecitha Linton, 1910.

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98.

  Type species:

   Hysterolecitha rosea Linton, 1910 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha heronensis Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Hemiuroidea (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 24: 159-184.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL 13880, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GL 13881-89, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1991.11.4.29-30, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907 [POMACENTRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 [POMACENTRIDAE] Ambon Damsel; Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen, 1973 [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackmargined Damsel; Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 [POMACENTRIDAE] Lemon Damsel; Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907 [POMACENTRIDAE] Philippine Damsel).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha melae Duong, B., Cribb, T.H. & Cutmore, S.C. 2023. Evidence for two morphologically cryptic species of Hysterolecitha Linton, 1910 (Trematoda: Lecithasteridae) infecting overlapping host ranges in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 100: 363-379 [Published online first on 03 May 2023].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 222B5282-1B30-4E90-82AD-FED139E6C0EB

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G240369 (Hologenophore), Off Amity Point, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°24ʹS 153°25ʹE].
  Paratype(s) QM G240370–G240385 (10 hologenophores: G240370–G240374, G240380–G240383, G240385; 6 paragenophores: G240375–G240379, G240384), same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Parma oligolepis Whitley, 1929 [POMACENTRIDAE] Big-scale parma; Abudefduf vaigiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [POMACENTRIDAE] Indo-Pacific sergeant; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley's sergeant).

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha nahaensis 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 host:

   Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [POMACENTRIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE] Banded Parma; Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972 [POMACENTRIDAE] Barrier Reef Anemonefish; Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928) [POMACENTRIDAE] Barrier Reef Chromis; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal Sergeant; Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951 [POMACENTRIDAE] Black-axil Chromis; Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen, 1973 [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackmargined Damsel; Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blue Green Damselfish; Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 [POMACENTRIDAE] Lemon Damsel; Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917 [POMACENTRIDAE] Nagasaki Damsel; Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 [POMACENTRIDAE] Pink Anemonefish; Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) [POMACENTRIDAE] Reticulate Dascyllus; Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961) [POMACENTRIDAE] Rolland's Demoiselle; Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Sapphire Damsel; Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) [POMACENTRIDAE] Scissortail Sergeant; Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [POMACENTRIDAE] Spiny Chromis; Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Staghorn Damselfish; Pomacentrus tripunctatus (Cuvier, 1830) [POMACENTRIDAE] Threespot Damsel; Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927 [POMACENTRIDAE] Ward's Damsel; Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier, 1830 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitetail Damsel; Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitetail Dascyllus; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley's Sergeant; Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847) [POMACENTRIDAE] Yellowbelly Damselfish; Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974) [POMACENTRIDAE] Yellowfin Damselfish).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Hemiuroidea (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 24: 159-184 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha phisoni Duong, B., Cribb, T.H. & Cutmore, S.C. 2023. Evidence for two morphologically cryptic species of Hysterolecitha Linton, 1910 (Trematoda: Lecithasteridae) infecting overlapping host ranges in Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 100: 363-379 [Published online first on 03 May 2023].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:- zoobank.org:act:4BC2369B-5BAF-4016-A16CBB20E1526A09

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G240386, Off Green Island, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°25ʹS 153°14ʹE].
  Paratype(s) QM G240387–G240396 (Five hologenophores: G240387–G240388, G240393–G240394, G240396; five paragenophores: G240389–G240392, G240395), Off Green Island, Off Garden Island, and Off Amity Point, all in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

  Type host:

   Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Abudefduf bengalensis Bloch, 1787 [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal sergeant; Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE] Tailor).

History of changes

• Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 [495].

  Type species:

   Hysterolecithoides epinepheli Yamaguti, 1934 by original designation.
• Oligolecithoides Shen J.-w. 1982. On Oligolecithoides trilobatus (Hemiuridae, trematode) gen. et sp. nov. from China. (In Chinese and English). Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 13: 473–476.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Theletrum frontilatum Manter, H.W. 1969. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part 4. Hemiuridae and summary. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 36: 194-204, 15 figs [196].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63328, Moreton Bay, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 [SIGANIDAE] (note that this species is now excluded from the Australian fauna, so record may be a misidentification)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus doliatus Cuvier, 1830 [SIGANIDAE] Barred Spinefoot; Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 [SIGANIDAE] Marbled Spinefoot (note that this species is now excluded from the Australian fauna, so record may be a misidentification); Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE] Mottled Spinefoot).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22 (Australian record)

León-Règagnon, V. 1998. Machidatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) and phylogenetic analysis of its species. Journal of Parasitology 84: 140-146 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Machidatrema León-Règagnon, V. 1998. Machidatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) and phylogenetic analysis of its species. Journal of Parasitology 84: 140-146 [141].

  Type species:

   Machidatrema akeh (Machida, 1989) Leon-Regagnon, 1998 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Genolinea chilostoma Machida, M. 1980. Hemiurid parasites of Kyphosus collected around Cape Shionomisaki, Kii Peninsula. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 13: 113-120.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Machidatrema chilostoma (Machida, 1980). —
  León-Règagnon, V. 1998. Machidatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) and phylogenetic analysis of its species. Journal of Parasitology 84: 140-146

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Chub).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Opisthadena kyphosi Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63790, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Machidatrema kyphosi (Yamaguti, 1970). —
  León-Règagnon, V. 1998. Machidatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) and phylogenetic analysis of its species. Journal of Parasitology 84: 140-146

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Chub).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Machidatrema leonae Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 213589, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 213590-600, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1999.1.29.1-2, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1999.2.1.1-4, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus doliatus Cuvier, 1830 [SIGANIDAE] Barred Spinefoot; Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE] Blue-spotted Spinefoot; Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845) [SIGANIDAE] Foxface; Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 [SCARIDAE] Globehead Parrotfish; Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE] Golden-lined Spinefoot; Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE] Mottled Spinefoot).

History of changes

• Thulinia Gibson, D.I. & Bray, R.A. 1979. The Hemiuroidea: terminology, systematics and evolution. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 36: 35-146 [105].

  Type species:

   Thulinia microrchis (Yamaguti, 1934) Gibson & Bray, 1979 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Hysterolecitha microrchis Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541.

  Type host:

   Girella punctata Gray, 1835 [KYPHOSIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Thulinia microrchis (Yamaguti, 1934). —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 25: 37-62

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 [SIGANIDAE] Marbled Spinefoot (note that this species is now excluded from the Australian fauna, so record may be a misidentification); Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 [POMACENTRIDAE] Pink Anemonefish; Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor; Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) [POMACENTRIDAE] Scissortail Sergeant; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley’s Sergeant; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE]; Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 [CHAETODONTIDAE]; Chaetodontoplus meredithi Kuiter, 1989 [POMACANTHIDAE]; Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [KYPHOSIDAE]; Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE]; Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker, 1852 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Siganus doliatus Cuvier, 1830 [SIGANIDAE]; Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE]; Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845) [SIGANIDAE]; Stegastes apicalis (De Vis, 1885) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker, 1852 [POMACENTRIDAE]).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Hemiuroidea (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 24: 159-184 (Australian record)

Manter, H.W. 1969. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part 4. Hemiuridae and summary. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 36: 194-204, 15 figs (Australian record)

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, S. 1965. New digenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes, I. Pacific Science 19: 458-481.

  Type genus:

   Quadrifoliovarium Yamaguti, 1965.

History of changes

• Bilacinia Manter, H.W. 1969. Three new genera hemiurid trematodes from Australian fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 787-792 [790].

  Type species:

   Bilacinia australis Manter, 1969 by original designation.
• Holacanthitrema Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gibson, D.I. 2002. Family Lecithasteridae Odhner, 1905. pp. 381-396 in Gibson, D.I., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. Keys to the Trematoda. Vol. 1. Wallingford : CABI Publishing 521 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Bilacinia australis Manter, H.W. 1969. Three new genera hemiurid trematodes from Australian fishes. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26: 787-792.

  Type host:

   Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ACANTHURIDAE] Whitemargin Unicornfish).

General References

Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovarium Yamaguti, S. 1965. New digenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes, I. Pacific Science 19: 458-481.

  Type species:

   Quadrifoliovarium pritchardae Yamaguti, 1965 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovarium maceria Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 225007, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 225008-13, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bulbnose Unicornfish; Naso fageni Morrow, 1954 [ACANTHURIDAE] Horseface Unicornfish; Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) [ACANTHURIDAE] Spotted Unicornfish; Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ACANTHURIDAE] Whitemargin Unicornfish).

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovarium pritchardae Yamaguti, S. 1965. New digenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes, I. Pacific Science 19: 458-481.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC S.Y. 24, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bluespine Unicornfish).

General References

Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovarium quattuordecim Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 225020, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 225021-25, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bulbnose Unicornfish).

History of changes

• Quadrifoliovarium simplex Chambers, C.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of the Quadrifoliovariinae Yamaguti, 1965 (Digenea: Lecithasteridae). Systematic Parasitology 63: 61-82.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 225014, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 225015-19, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bulbnose Unicornfish; Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ACANTHURIDAE] Whitemargin Unicornfish).

History of changes

• Opisthadeninae Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp.

  Type genus:

   Opisthadena Linton, 1910.

History of changes

• Genolinea Manter, H.W. 1925. Some marine fish trematodes of Maine. Journal of Parasitology 12: 11-18, pl. ii [15].

  Type species:

   Genolinea laticauda Manter, 1925 by original designation.
• Parasterrhurus Manter, H.W. 1934. Some digenic trematodes from deep-water fishes of Tortugas, Florida. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 28: 257-345.
• Intuscirrus Acena, S.P. 1947. New trematodes from Puget Sound fishes. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 66: 127-139.
• Pseudobunocotyla Yamaguti, S. 1965. New digenetic trematodes from Hawaiian fishes, I. Pacific Science 19: 458-481.

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

History of changes

• Genolinea dactylopagri Manter, H.W. 1954. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 475-568 [553].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 46151, Wellington, New Zealand.

  Type host:

   Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] (as Dactylopagrus macropterus)

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Nemadactylus macroptera (Forster, 1801) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Jackass Morwong).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1970. [Parasite fauna of two species of commercial fish of the family Cheilodactylidae in the region of Australia and New Zealand]. pp. 44-46 in Vodjanitskii, V.A. (ed.). Problems in Marine Parasitology. Kiev : Naukova Dumka. (Australian record)

History of changes

• Mitrostoma Manter, H.W. 1954. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 475-568.

  Type species:

   Mitrostoma nototheniae Manter, 1954 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

History of changes

• Mitrostoma nototheniae Manter, H.W. 1954. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 475-568.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 49150, Wellington, New Zealand.

  Type host:

   Paranotothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801) [NOTOTHENIIDAE] (as Notothenia macrocephala)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Paranotothenia magellanica (Forster, 1801) [NOTOTHENIIDAE] Magellanic Rockcod).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2002. Observations on the phylogeny of Opisthadena Linton, 1910 and related genera (Hemiuridae: Opisthadeninae) from Australian and French Polynesian waters. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 49: 279-290 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Neopisthadena Machida, M. 1980. Hemiurid parasites of Kyphosus collected around Cape Shionomisaki, Kii Peninsula. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 13: 113-120.

  Type species:

   Neopisthadena habei Machida, 1980 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

History of changes

• Neopisthadena habei Machida, M. 1980. Hemiurid parasites of Kyphosus collected around Cape Shionomisaki, Kii Peninsula. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 13: 113-120.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) [KYPHOSIDAE] Silver Drummer).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2002. Observations on the phylogeny of Opisthadena Linton, 1910 and related genera (Hemiuridae: Opisthadeninae) from Australian and French Polynesian waters. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 49: 279-290 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Opisthadena Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98.

  Type species:

   Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Opisthadena dimidia Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Drummer; Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 [KYPHOSIDAE] Grey Drummer; Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) [KYPHOSIDAE] Silver Drummer; Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE] Snubnose Drummer; Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) [KYPHOSIDAE] Western Buffalo Bream).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2002. Observations on the phylogeny of Opisthadena Linton, 1910 and related genera (Hemiuridae: Opisthadeninae) from Australian and French Polynesian waters. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 49: 279-290 (Australian record)

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755 (Australian record)

History of changes