Species Brachyenteron triangularis (Yamaguti, 1970)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypseluritrematoides triangularis Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp. [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63563, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) [EXOCOETIDAE] (as Cypselurus spilonotopterus)

Generic Combinations

• Brachyenteron triangularis (Yamaguti, 1970). —
  Bray, R.A. 2008. Family Zoogonidae Odhner, 1902. pp. 605-629 in Bray, R.A., Gibson, D.I. & Jones, A. Keys to the Trematoda. Wallingford : CAB International Vol. 3 824 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) [ISTIOPHORIDAE] Indo-Pacific Sailfish).

General References

Speare, P. 1995. Parasites as biological tags for sailfish Istiophorus platypterus from east coast Australian waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 118: 43-50 (Australian record)

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