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Species Ceratomyxa sprenti Moser, Kent & Dennis, 1989


Compiler and date details

June 2013 - Robert Adlard & Marissa McNamara, Queensland Museum, QLD

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Golden-striped Butterflyfish (gall bladder); Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) [LUTJANIDAE] Hussar (syn. L. amabilis; gall bladder); Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Rainford’s Butterflyfish (gall bladder); Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Small-eyed Flathead (as Suggrundus bosschei; gall bladder); Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) [LABRIDAE] Venus Tuskfish (gall bladder)).

Associated Fauna References

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Chaetodon rainfordi; Choerodon venustus; Chaetodon aureofasciatus; Lutjanus adetii; Cymbacephalus bosschei)

Moser, M., Kent, M.L. & Dennis, D. 1989. Gall bladder Myxosporea in coral reef fishes from Heron Island, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 1-13 (Chaetodon rainfordi; Choerodon venustus; Chaetodon aureofasciatus; Lutjanus adetii; Cymbacephalus bosschei)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022 CNIDARIA 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
31-Jul-2019 CERATOMYXIDAE 23-May-2022 MODIFIED
07-Apr-2016 07-Apr-2016 MOVED
28-Jan-2014 BIVALVULIDA 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
07-May-2013 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
23-Aug-2011 ADDED