Species Benedenia lutjani Whittington & Kearn, 1993

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• Benedenia lutjani Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. 1993. A new species of skin-parasitic benedeniine monogenean with a preference for the pelvic fins of its host, Lutjanus carponotatus (Perciformes, Lutjanidae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Natural History 27: 1-14 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL13339, Heron Island, Qld.
  Paratype(s) QM GL13340-43, Heron Island, Qld; BMNH 1992.7.6.327-329, Heron Island, Qld; USNPC 82494, Heron Island, Qld; Heron Island, Qld; Heron Island, Qld.

  Type host:

   Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) [LUTJANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) [LUTJANIDAE] Stripey Snapper).

Diagnosis References

Whittington, I.D. & Kearn, G.C. 1993. A new species of skin-parasitic benedeniine monogenean with a preference for the pelvic fins of its host, Lutjanus carponotatus (Perciformes, Lutjanidae) from the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Natural History 27: 1-14

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