Species Lepotrema melichthydis Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

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• Lepotrema melichthydis Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 (Lepocreadiidae: Digenea) from Indo-Pacific fishes, with the description of eight new species, characterised by morphometric and molecular features. Systematic Parasitology 95: 693–741.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM QM G237496, Palau [07°30′N, 134°30′E].
  Paratype(s) QM QM G237497–9, Palau [07°30′N, 134°30′E]; QM QM G237500–2, Heron Island, QLD, Australia [23°27′S, 151°55′E].

  Type host:

   Melichthys vidua (Richardson) [BALISTIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Melichthys vidua (Richardson) [BALISTIDAE] Pinktail triggerfish).

Associated Fauna References

Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 (Lepocreadiidae: Digenea) from Indo-Pacific fishes, with the description of eight new species, characterised by morphometric and molecular features. Systematic Parasitology 95: 693–741 (Melichthys vidua)

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