Species Lepotrema moretonense Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018

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• Lepotrema moretonense 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 G237552, Amity Pt., North Stradbroke Is., QLD, Australia [27°24′S, 153°26′E].
  Paratype(s) QM QM G237553–7 (Ex Prionurus microlepidotus), Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is., QLD, Australia [27°24′S, 153°26′E]; QM QM G237558–61 (Ex Prionurus maculatus), Amity Point, North Stradbroke Is., QLD, Australia [27°24′S, 153°26′E]; QM QM G237562 (Ex Selenotoca multifasciata), Green Is., Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia [27°25′S, 153°14′E].

  Type locality 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.

  Type host:

   Prionurus microlepidotus Lacépède [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

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Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Prionurus microlepidotus Lacépède [ACANTHURIDAE] Sixplate sawtail; Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson) [SCATOPHAGIDAE] Spot-banded scat; Prionurus maculatus Ogilby [ACANTHURIDAE] Yellow-spotted sawtail).

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