Species Doorochen uberis (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Postlepidapedon uberis Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1997. Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993 and Gibsonivermis n. g. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their relationship to Intusatrium Durio & Manter, 1968. Systematic Parasitology 36: 143-155.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 212939, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 212940-42, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E]; BMNH 1996.10.10.18, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E]; BMNH 1988.7.4.21-22, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E].

  Type host:

   Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) [Labridae]

 

Generic Combinations

• Doorochen uberis (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997). —
  Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2022. Proposal of a new genus, Doorochen (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea), for reef-inhabiting members of the genus Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993. Parasitology International 93 [7] (New combination)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) [LABRIDAE] Blackspot Tuskfish; Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) [LABRIDAE] Venus Tuskfish).

 

General References

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1990. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (identified as Intusatrium sp.)