Species Lecithaster stellatus Looss, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lecithaster stellatus Looss, A. 1906. Zur Kenntnis der Distomen-familie Hemiuridae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 585-620 [607].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Batu Coris; Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ACANTHURIDAE] Convict Surgeonfish; Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor; Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) [POMACENTRIDAE] Scissortail Sergeant; Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1833) [LABRIDAE] Three-ribbon Wrasse; Oxycheilinus digrammus (Lacepède, 1801) [LABRIDAE] Violetline Maori Wrasse; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley’s Sergeant; Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream; Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) [LABRIDAE]; Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier, 1830 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1797) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Rhabdosargus sarba Forsskål, 1775 [SPARIDAE]; Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 [CARANGIDAE]; Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1797) [POMACENTRIDAE]).

General References

Anderson, G.R. & Barker, S.C. 1998. Inference of phylogeny and taxonomy within the Didymozoidae (Digenea) from the second internal transcribed spaces (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA. Systematic Parasitology 41: 87-94 (Australian record)

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Hemiuroidea (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 24: 159-184 (Australian record)

Munoz, G., Grutter, A.S. & Cribb, T.H. 2007. Structure of the parasite communities of a coral reef fish assemblage (Labridae): Testing ecological and phylogenetic host factors. Journal of Parasitology 93: 17-30 (Australian record)

Munoz, G. & Cribb, T.H. 2006. Parasite communities and diet of Coris batuensis (Pisces: Labridae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52: 191-198 (Australian record)

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