History of changes

• Doorochen zdzitowieckii Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2022. Proposal of a new genus, Doorochen (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea), for reef-inhabiting members of the genus Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993. Parasitology International 93 [7].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1AF326F1- 9B5F-4524-89E3-9BE8EED4CA85

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G240244, off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G240245–G240281, off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; Swain Reefs [23°27'S, 151°55'E; 14°40'S, 145°27'E; 21°53'S, 152°21'E]; NHM-UK 2022.7.29.20–2022.7.2.29, off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; Swain Reefs [23°27'S, 151°55'E; 14°40'S, 145°27'E; 21°53'S, 152°21'E].

  Type host:

   Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) [LABRIDAE]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Postlepidapedon spissum (Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997) [a misidentification, in part]. —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1997. Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993 and Gibsonivermis n. g. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their relationship to Intusatrium Durio & Manter, 1968. Systematic Parasitology 36: 143-155

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885) [LABRIDAE] Graphic tuskfish; Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) [LABRIDAE] Harlequin tuskfish).

History of changes

• Harveytrema Kruse, G.O.W. 1979. Trematodes of marine fishes from South Australia. 4. Harverytrema bisulcatum gen. et sp. n. (Lepocreadiidae). Journal of Parasitology 65(6): 918-920 [918].

  Type species:

   Harveytrema bisulcatum Kruse, 1979 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

History of changes

• Harveytrema bisulcatum Kruse, G.O.W. 1979. Trematodes of marine fishes from South Australia. 4. Harverytrema bisulcatum gen. et sp. n. (Lepocreadiidae). Journal of Parasitology 65(6): 918-920.

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC41677 Slide, Pearson Island, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC20290, AHC41678 Slides, Pearson Island, South Australia; USNHC 74928, Pearson Island, South Australia; HWML 20885, Pearson Island, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) [LABRIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Achoerodus gouldii (Richardson, 1843) [LABRIDAE] Western Blue Groper).

History of changes

• Lepidapedella Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Pichelin, S. 1999. Two new species of lepidapedines (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the King George whiting Sillaginodes punctata (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Acta Parasitologica 44: 108-114.

  Type species:

   Lepidapedella sillaginodesi Bray, Cribb & Pichelin, 1999 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

History of changes

• Lepidapedella sillaginodesi Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Pichelin, S. 1999. Two new species of lepidapedines (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the King George whiting Sillaginodes punctata (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Acta Parasitologica 44: 108-114.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 213611, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°38'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 213612-20, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°38'E]; BMNH 199.3.26.1-6, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia [35°40'S, 137°38'E].

  Type host:

   Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [Sillaginidae] (as Sillaginodes punctata)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Sillaginodes punctatus (Cuvier, 1829) [SILLAGINIDAE] King George Whiting).

History of changes

• Lepidapedon (Lepidapedoides) Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp. [55].

  Type species:

   Lepidapedoides holocentri (Siddiqi & Cable, 1960) Yamaguti, 1970 by original designation.
• Mycterobonacinus Nasir, P. & Gomez, Y. 1977. Digenetic trematodes from Venezuelan marine fishes. Revista de Parassitologia 38(1): 53-73.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 1998. A phylogenetic study of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea) with a key and descriptions of two new species from Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 39: 183-197

History of changes

• Lepidapedoides angustus Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 212677, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 212678-85, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; QM 221855-64, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1995.10.2.19-23, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1996.2.20.1-5, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [Serranidae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Diploprion bifasciatum Cuvier, 1828 [SERRANIDAE] Barred Soapfish; Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Blacktip Grouper; Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Coral Hind; Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb Grouper; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Grouper; Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) [SERRANIDAE] Speckled Blue Grouper; Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] White-streaked Grouper).

General References

Rigby, M.C., Holmes, J.C., Cribb, T.H. & Morand, S. 1997. Patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminths of a coral reef fish, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), from French Polynesia and the South Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1818-1827

History of changes

• Neolepidapedon dollfusi Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 63314, New Caledonia.

  Type host:

   Epinephelus sp. [Serranidae]
• Neolepidapedoides dollfusi (Durio & Manter, 1968) Bray & Gibson, 1989.

Generic Combinations

• Lepidapedoides dollfusi (Durio & Manter, 1968). —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) [SERRANIDAE] Speckled Blue Grouper).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

History of changes

• Lepidapedoides elongatrium Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 1998. A phylogenetic study of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea) with a key and descriptions of two new species from Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 39: 183-197.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 212979, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 212980-88, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E]; BMNH 1997.6.30.9-14, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].

  Type host:

   Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843) [Aulopidae] (as Aulopus purpurissatus Richardson, 1843)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Hime purpurissata (Richardson, 1843) [AULOPIDAE] Sergeant Baker).

History of changes

• Pseudocreadium ovale Yamaguti, S. 1942. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 39. Trematodes of fishes mainly from Naha. Transactions of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 3: 329-398.

  Type data:

   Holotype MEGPM 22217, Naha, Japan.

  Type host:

   Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier, 1830) [Caesionidae] (as Caesio chrysozonus)

Generic Combinations

• Lepidapedoides ovale (Yamaguti, 1942). —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [CAESIONIDAE] Marr's Fusilier; Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) [CAESIONIDAE] Redbelly Yellowtail Fusilier).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195

History of changes

• Lepidapedoides parvulus Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1996. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Systematic Parasitology 34: 179-195.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 212735, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 212736, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 1995.10.2.15-16, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [Caesionidae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [CAESIONIDAE] Marr's Fusilier; Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) [CAESIONIDAE] Redbelly Yellowtail Fusilier).

History of changes

• Lepidapedoides pistoris Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 1998. A phylogenetic study of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea) with a key and descriptions of two new species from Western Australia. Systematic Parasitology 39: 183-197.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 212989, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 212990-3001, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E]; BMNH 1997.6.30.1-8, Rottnest Island, Western Australia [32°01'S, 115°28'E].

  Type host:

   Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843) [Aulopidae] (as Aulopus purpurissatus Richardson, 1843)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Hime purpurissata (Richardson, 1843) [AULOPIDAE] Sergeant Baker).

History of changes

• Lepidapedon Stafford, J. 1904. Trematodes from Canadian fishes. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 481-495 [485].

  Type species:

   Lepidapedon rachion (Cobbold, 1858) Stafford, 1904 by original designation.
• Lepodora Odhner, Th. 1905. Die Trematoden des arktischen Gebietes. Fauna Arctica iv(2): 291-372, pls ii-iv.

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1982. The fauna of trematodes in fishes of the order Zeiformes. Parazitologiya 16: 464-468

History of changes

• Lepidapedon australis Manter, H.W. 1954. Some digenetic trematodes from fishes of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 82: 475-568 [485] [***need to check if correct reference***].

  Type host:

   Coelorinchus australis (Richardson, 1839) [Macrouridae]

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Cyttus traversi Hutton, 1872 [CYTTIDAE] King Dory (as Cyttoidops mccullochi)).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1982. The fauna of trematodes in fishes of the order Zeiformes. Parazitologiya 16: 464-468

History of changes

• Myzoxenus Manter, H.W. 1934. Some digenic trematodes from deep-water fishes of Tortugas, Florida. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 28: 257-345 [299].

  Type species:

   Myzoxenus vitellosus Manter, 1934 by original designation.
• Gnathomyzon Crowcroft, P.W. 1945. New trematodes from Tasmanian fishes (Order Digenea. Family Allocreadiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1944: 61-70, pls viii-ix.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Manter, H.W. 1947. The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. American Midland Naturalist 38: 257-416

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1998. Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of Australian coastal fishes: new species of Opechona Looss, 1907, Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 and Bianium Stunkard, 1930 and comments on other species reported for the first time or poorly known in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 41: 123-148

History of changes

• Gnathomyzon insolens Crowcroft, P.W. 1945. New trematodes from Tasmanian fishes (Order Digenea. Family Allocreadiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1944: 61-70, pls viii-ix [6].

  Type host:

   Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840) [Labridae] (as Pseudolabrus tetricus)

Generic Combinations

• Myzoxenus insolens (Crowcroft, 1945) Manter, 1947. —
  Manter, H.W. 1947. The digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of Tortugas, Florida. American Midland Naturalist 38: 257-416

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Notolabrus tetricus (Richardson, 1840) [LABRIDAE] Blue-throated Wrasse (as Pseudolabrus tetricus); Notolabrus parilus (Richardson, 1850) [LABRIDAE] Brownspotted Wrasse).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1998. Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of Australian coastal fishes: new species of Opechona Looss, 1907, Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 and Bianium Stunkard, 1930 and comments on other species reported for the first time or poorly known in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 41: 123-148

History of changes

• Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, K. 1993. A contribution to the morphology of the Antarctic fish lepocreadiid digeneans, with a description of a new genus. Acta Parasitologica 38: 109-112 [110].

  Type species:

   Postlepidapedon opisthobifurcatum (Zdzitowiecki, 1990) Zdzitowiecki, 1993 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1997. Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993 and Gibsonivermis n. g. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their relationship to Intusatrium Durio & Manter, 1968. Systematic Parasitology 36: 143-155

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Postlepidapedon quintum n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the bastard trumpeter Latridopsis forsteri (Perciformes: Latridae) off the coast of northern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 135: 21-23

History of changes

• Postlepidapedon quintum Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Postlepidapedon quintum n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the bastard trumpeter Latridopsis forsteri (Perciformes: Latridae) off the coast of northern Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 135: 21-23.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 217784, Off Stanley, Tasmania [40°46'S, 145°20'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 217785-98, Off Stanley, Tasmania [40°46'S, 145°20'E]; BMNH 2001.6.1.1-8, Off Stanley, Tasmania [40°46'S, 145°20'E].

  Type host:

   Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872) [Latridae]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872) [LATRIDAE] Bastard Trumpeter).

History of changes

• Scaphatrema Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1997. Lepocreadiid (Digenea) species from members of the marine teleost family Cheilodactylidae from south-western Australia, including four new genera and five new species. Systematic Parasitology 37: 27-45 [41].

  Type species:

   Scaphatrema nemadactyli (Kurochkin & Korotaeva, 1972) Bray & Cribb, 1997 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

General References

Kurochkin, Yu.V & Korotaeva, V.D. 1972. [Trematodes of the genus Multitestis Manter, 1931 (fam. Lepocreadiidae) from marine fishes of Australia and New Zealand]. Parazitologiya 6(1): 75-78 [In Russian]

History of changes

• Multitestis nemadactyli Kurochkin, Yu.V & Korotaeva, V.D. 1972. [Trematodes of the genus Multitestis Manter, 1931 (fam. Lepocreadiidae) from marine fishes of Australia and New Zealand]. Parazitologiya 6(1): 75-78 [In Russian].

Generic Combinations

• Scaphatrema nemadactyli (Kurochkin & Korotaeva, 1972). —
  Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1997. Lepocreadiid (Digenea) species from members of the marine teleost family Cheilodactylidae from south-western Australia, including four new genera and five new species. Systematic Parasitology 37: 27-45

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Nemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937) [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Sea Carp).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1997. Lepocreadiid (Digenea) species from members of the marine teleost family Cheilodactylidae from south-western Australia, including four new genera and five new species. Systematic Parasitology 37: 27-45

History of changes