Species Learedius learedi Price, 1934

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• Learedius learedi Price, E.W. 1934. New genera and species of blood flukes from a marine turtle, with a key to the genera of the family Spirorichidae. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 24: 132-141.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 32567, Washington D.C., USA.

  Type host:

   Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE] (Reported as Chelone mydas)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Chelonia mydas (Linneaus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE] Green sea turtle).

Associated Fauna References

Chapman, P.A., Cribb, T.H., Blair, D., Traub, R.J., Kyaw-Tanner, M.T., Flint, M. & Mills, P.C. 2015. Molecular analysis of the genera Hapalotrema Looss, 1899 and Learedius Price, 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) reveals potential cryptic species, with comments on the validity of the genus Learedius. Systematic Parasitology 90: 67-79 [74] (Chelonia mydas)

General References

Chapman, P.A., Cribb, T.H., Blair, D., Traub, R.J., Kyaw-Tanner, M.T., Flint, M. & Mills, P.C. 2015. Molecular analysis of the genera Hapalotrema Looss, 1899 and Learedius Price, 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) reveals potential cryptic species, with comments on the validity of the genus Learedius. Systematic Parasitology 90: 67-79 [74]

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