Species Emprostiotrema sigani Durio & Manter, 1969

Museums

Regional Maps

• Atractotrema sigani Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1969. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. III. Acanthocolpidae, Haploporidae, Gyliauchenidae, and Cryptogonimidae. Journal of Parasitology 55: 293-300.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63320, Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) USNHC 63329, Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Emprostiotrema sigani (Durio & Manter, 1969). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2021. Nomenclature changes in the flatworms (Platyhelminthes). Invertebrate Zoology 18(4): 451–456

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus lineatus Valenciennes, 1835 [SIGANIDAE] Golden-lined Spinefoot).

General References

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755

History of changes