Species Haemogregarina bigemina Laveran & Mesnil, 1901

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Regional Maps

• Haemogregarina bigemina Laveran, M. & Mesnil, F. 1901. Deux Hémogrégarines nouvelles des Poissons. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie cxxxiii: 572-577 [575].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888) [BLENNIIDAE] Bicolour Blenny (blood); Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bristle-tooth Surgeonfish (blood); Zebrasoma scopas Cuvier, 1829 [ACANTHURIDAE] Brushtail Tang (blood); Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Dusky Surgeonfish (blood); Gnathia spp. [GNATHIIDAE] Isopods (larval smears); Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795) [ACANTHURIDAE] Purple Sail-finned Tang (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Burreson, E.M. 1989. Haematozoa of fishes from Heron I., Australia, with the description of two new species of Trypanosoma. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 15-23 (Ecsenius bicolor)

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Ecsenius bicolor)

Smit, N.J., Grutter, A.S., Adlard, R.D. & Davies, A.J. 2006. Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species. Journal of Parasitology 92: 778-788 (Zebrasoma scopas; Ctenochaetus striatus; Zebrasoma veliferum; Acanthurus nigrofuscus; Gnathia spp.)

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