Species Gorgocephalus kyphosi Manter, 1966

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• Gorgocephalus kyphosi Manter, H.W. 1966. A peculiar trematode, Gorgocephalus kyphosi gen. et sp. n. (Lepocreadiidae: Gorgocephalinae subfam. n.), from a marine fish of South Australia. Journal of Parasitology 52: 347-350.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 60738, near Port Noarlunga, Adelaide, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) USNHC 60739, near Port Noarlunga, Adelaide, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Chub; Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) [KYPHOSIDAE] Silver Drummer).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2005. Gorgocephalus yaaji n. sp. (Digenea: Gorgocephalidae) from the brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef and further records of G. kyphosi. Zootaxa 1068: 39-46 (Australian record)

Huston, D.C., Cutmore, S.C., Miller, T.L., Sasal, P., Smit, N.J. & Cribb, T.H. 2021. Gorgocephalidae (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea) in the Indo-West Pacific: new species, life-cycle data and perspectives on species delineation over geographic range. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021 XX: 1-40 [17, Figs 7–9; Tables 2, 6]

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 (Australian record)

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