Species Lecithochirium magnus (Yamaguti, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sterrhurus magnus Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp. [129].

  Type host:

   Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) [SYNODONTIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Lecithochirium magnus (Yamaguti, 1938). —
  Nasir, P. & Diaz, M.T. 1971. A revision of the genus Lecithochirium Luehe, 1901 and a redescription of L. monticellii (Linton, 1898) Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1955. Revista de Parassitologia 32: 27-36

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) [MURAENIDAE] Giant Moray; Gymnothorax woodwardi McCulloch, 1912 [MURAENIDAE]).

General References

Bray, R.A. 1991. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the southern Indian Ocean: Genus Lecithochirium Lühe, 1901 (Lecithochirriinae). Systematic Parasitology 18: 193-219 (Australian record)

History of changes