Species Diphterostomum brusinae (Stossich, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Distomum brusinae Stossich, M. 1888. Brani di Elmintologia Tergestina. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste xi: 23-30, pls xiii & xiv.

Generic Combinations

• Diphterostomum brusinae (Stossich, 1888).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillago analis Whitley, 1943 [SILLAGINIDAE] Golden-lined Sillago; Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE] Trumpeter Whiting; Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [CARANGIDAE] White Trevally).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Gibson, D.I. 1986. The Zoogonidae (Digenea) of fishes from the north-east Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 51: 127-206 (Australian record)

Hall, K.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1999. V4 region of small subunit rDNA indicates polyphyly of the Fellodistomidae (Digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data. Systematic Parasitology 43: 81-92 (Australian record)

History of changes