Species Homalometron moraveci Bray, Justine & Cribb, 2007

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• Homalometron moraveci Bray, R.A., Justine, J.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2007. Homalometron moraveci n. sp (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) in the yellowfin goatfish, Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Perciformes : Mullidae), from New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef, with a checklist of digeneans of Mulloidichthys species. Zootaxa 1525: 41-49.

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNN JNC1966-1, Bouraké, Commune de Boulouparis, New Caledonia [21°58'S, 166°00'E].
  Paratype(s) MNHNN JNC1966-2–8, Bouraké, Commune de Boulouparis, New Caledonia [21°58'S, 166°00'E]; BMNH 2007.5.1.1–5, Bouraké, Commune de Boulouparis, New Caledonia [21°58'S, 166°00'E]; QM G 223078, Bouraké, Commune de Boulouparis, New Caledonia [21°58'S, 166°00'E]; QM G 223079, Swains Reefs complex, southern Great Barrier Reef [21°53'S, 152°21'E]; BMNH 2007.5.1.6, Swains Reefs complex, southern Great Barrier Reef [21°53'S, 152°21'E].

  Type host:

   Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) [MULLIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) [MULLIDAE] Yellowfin goatfish).

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