Species Hypocreadium cavum Bray & Cribb, 1996

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• Hypocreadium cavum Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. The Australian species of Lobatocreadium Madhavi, 1972, Hypocreadium Ozaki, 1936 and Dermadena Manter, 1945 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae), parasites of marine tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 35: 217-236.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GM 212889, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GM 212890-3, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1996.2.29.8-10, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) [Balistidae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Cantheschenia grandisquamis Hutchins, 1977 [MONACANTHIDAE] Large-scaled Leatherjacket; Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804) [BALISTIDAE] Masked Triggerfish; Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) [BALISTIDAE] Starry Triggerfish).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Justine, J.L. 2009. New observations on the genus Hypocreadium Ozaki, 1936 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in the Indo-West Pacific region, including the description of one new species. Zootaxa 2110: 22-40

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2002. Lepocreadiinae lepocreadiids (Digenea) from tetraodontiform fishes in the waters off Tasmania, Queensland and Moorea, French Polynesia. Acta Parasitologica 47: 6-13

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