Species Ectenurus lepidocybii Yamaguti, 1970

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ectenurus lepidocybii Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp. [112].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63750, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843) [GEMPYLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1915 [ISTIOPHORIDAE] Shortbill Spearfish; Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [SCOMBRIDAE] Skipjack Tuna; Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [SCOMBRIDAE] Yellowfin Tuna).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. & Korjakovtzeva, L.P. 1983. On the systematic position and distribution of some trematodes of the genera Dinurus and Ectenurus. Parazitologiya 17: 64-65 (Australian record)

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