Species Lepidapedoides angustus Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1996

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• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

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