Species Kudoa lethrini Burger, Cribb & Adlard, 2007

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kudoa lethrini Burger, M.A.A., Cribb, T.H. & Adlard, R.D. 2007. Patterns of relatedness in the Kudoidae with descriptions of Kudoa chaetodoni n. sp. and K. lethrini n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Parasitology 134: 669-681.

  Type data:

   Hapantotype(s) QM G464864, North Wistari Reef, Great Barrier Reef [23°27′S, 151°55′E]
  Comment: Parahapantotypes G464865-G464870 also deposited in the Queensland Museum.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Blackspot Snapper (brain (+ PCR)); Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 [LETHRINIDAE] Collar Seabream (syn. Gymnocranius bitorquatus; brain (+ PCR)); Lutjanus ehrenbergii (Peters, 1869) [LUTJANIDAE] Ehrenberg's Snapper (brain (+ PCR)); Lethrinus harak Forsskål, 1775 [LETHRINIDAE] Thumbprint Emperor (brain)).

Associated Fauna References

Burger, M.A.A., Cribb, T.H. & Adlard, R.D. 2007. Patterns of relatedness in the Kudoidae with descriptions of Kudoa chaetodoni n. sp. and K. lethrini n. sp. (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Parasitology 134: 669-681 (Gymnocranius audleyi; Lethrinus harak)

Miller, T.L. & Adlard, R.D. 2012. Brain infecting kudoids of Australia's coral reefs, including a description of Kudoa lemniscati n. sp (Myxosporea: Kudoidae) from Lutjanus lemniscatus (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) off Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Parasitology International 61: 333-342 (Lutjanus ehrenbergii; Lutjanus fulviflamma)

General References

Eiras, J.C., Saraiva, A. & Cruz, C. 2014. Synopsis of the species of Kudoa Meglitsch, 1947 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida). Systematic Parasitology 87: 153-180

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