Species Gorgocephalus yaaji Bray & Cribb, 2005
- Gorgocephalus yaaji 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.
Type data:
Holotype QM G 222996, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E].
Paratype(s) QM G 222997-3006, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E]; BMNH 2005.3.23.21–25, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E].Type host:
Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Recorded from east coast of AUstralia; Indo- west Pacific (South Africa, French Polynesia)
IMCRA
Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Chub), parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE] Blue sea chub).
Intermediate stages: parasitic (host(s): Echinolittorina austrotrochoides Reid, 2007 [LITTORINIDAE]).
Associated Fauna 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 (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
Huston, D.C., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2016. The life-cycle of Gorgocephalus yaaji Bray & Cribb, 2005 (Digenea: Gorgocephalidae) with a review of the first intermediate hosts for the superfamily Lepocreadioidea Odhner, 1905. Systematic Parasitology 93: 653–665 [Date published 13/08/2016] (Echinolittorina austrotrochoides; Kyphosus cinerascens)
General References
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 [23, Figs 9D–F, 10; Tables 3, 6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | TREMATODA | 30-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIGENEA Carus, 1863 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 28-Aug-2012 | ADDED |