Species Dioncus remorae (MacCallum, 1916)

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• Acanthodiscus remorae MacCallum, G.A. 1916. Some new species of parasitic trematodes of marine fishes. Zoopathologica 1: 1-39 [21] [Acanthocdiscus synonymised with Dioncus by Price, 1938].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, AM W 9208, 09, Heron Island, Qld; USNM No. 74154, Heron Island, Qld.

  Type host:

   Echeneis naucrates Linnaues, 1758 [ECHENEIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Dioncus remorae (MacCallum, 1916).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island; described from the gills of Echeneis naucrates at the New York Aquarium; also reported by Price, 1938 on Caranx hippos.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 [ECHENEIDAE] Sharksucker).

General References

Rohde, K. 1978. Monogenea of Australian marine fishes. The genera Dionchus, Sibitrema and Hexostoma. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 24(4/6): 349-367 [349] (Australian host & locality record)

Yamaguti, S. 1963. Systema Helminthum. Volume IV. Monogenea and Aspidocotylea. New York : Interscience Div., John Wiley & Sons Inc. 699 pp. [139]

Young, P.C. 1970. The species of Monogenoidea recorded from Australian fishes and notes on their zoogeography. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico Serie Zoología 41: 163-176 [169] (Australian host and locality reference)

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