Species Blendiella trigintatestis Magro, Cutmore, Carrasson & Cribb, 2023
- Blendiella trigintatestis Magro, L., Cutmore, S.C., Carrasson, M. & Cribb, T.H. 2023. Integrated characterisation of nine species of the Schistorchiinae (Trematoda: Apocreadiidae) from Indo-Pacific fishes: two new species, a new genus, and a resurrected but 'cryptic' genus. Systematic Parasitology [Published online first on 10 May 2023].Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:86F228BA-4F4F-4FEF-B082-3CD8A82540E8
Type data:
Holotype QM G240439, off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia [14°40'S, 145°27'E].
Paratype(s) QM G240440–G240472, same data as Holotype.Type host:
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [BALISTIDAE]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) [BALISTIDAE] Orange-lined triggerfish; Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BALISTIDAE] White-banded triggerfish).