Species Derogenes varicus (Müller, 1784)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fasciola varica Müller, O.F. 1784. Zoologia Danica sev animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm descriptiones et historia. Volvmen secvndvm. Explicationi iconvm fasciculi secvndi eivsdem operis inserviens. Lipsiae, pp. [1-2], 1-124.

Generic Combinations

• Derogenes varicus (Müller, 1784). —
  Looss, A. 1901. Notizen zur Helminthologie Egyptens. IV. Ueber Trematoden aus Seeschildkröten der egyptischen Küsten. Zoologisches Centralblatt 1 30: 555-569, 618-625

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Zanclorhynchus spinifer (Günther, 1880) [CONGIOPODIDAE] Antarctic Horsefish; Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872 [CYTTIDAE] King Dory; Harpagifer bispinis (Forster, 1801) [HARPAGIFERIDAE] Magellan Plunderfish; Cyttus novaezealandiae (Arthur, 1885) [CYTTIDAE] New Zealand Dory).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1982. The fauna of trematodes in fishes of the order Zeiformes. Parazitologiya 16: 464-468 (Australian record)

Prudhoe, S. & Bray, R.A. 1973. Digenetic trematodes from fishes. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B (Zoology and Botany) 8: 199-225 (Australian record)

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