Species Lecithochirium caesionis Yamaguti, 1942

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lecithochirium caesionis 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 host:

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

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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. 1993. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 25: 37-62 (Australian record)

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755 (Australian record)

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