Species Bivesicula sheni Cribb, Bray, Justine, Reimer, Sasal, Shirakashi & Cutmore, 2022

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• Bivesicula sheni Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A., Justine, J-L., Reimer, J., Sasal, P., Shirakashi, S. & Cutmore, S.C. 2022. A world of taxonomic pain: cryptic species, inexplicable host-specificity, and host-induced morphological variation among species of Bivesicula Yamaguti, 1934 (Trematoda: Bivesiculidae) from Indo-Pacific Holocentridae, Muraenidae and Serranidae. Parasitology 149: 831–853 [839–842].
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G239569, off Lizard Is., northern GBR.
  Paratype(s) QM G239570–239603, Off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia & Off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; NHM-UK 2022.2.15.14–2022.2.15.33, Off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia & Off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.

  Type host:

   Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Blacktip grouper; Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] Highfin grouper; Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb grouper; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Rockcod; Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) [SERRANIDAE] Maori rockcod; Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) [HOLOCENTRIDAE] Redcoat; Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775) [HOLOCENTRIDAE] Sabre squirrelfish; Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) [HOLOCENTRIDAE] Silverspot squirrelfish; Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) [SERRANIDAE] Speckled blue grouper; Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] White-streaked grouper).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
	BIVESICULIDAE Yamaguti, 1934	27-Mar-2023	ADDED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)