Species Lintonium consors (Lühe, 1906)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gastris consors Lühe, [M.] 1906. 3. Report on the Trematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar 5: 97-108, pls i, ii.
  Zoobank Registration Number:AF490CAE-73EC-43FA-B1AA-5DC89090AA98

  Type data:

   Holotype QM, Sri Lanka.

  Type host:

   Arothron stellatus Anonymous [TETRAODONTIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Lintonium consors (Lühe, 1906). —
  Crowcroft, P.W. 1950. Note on Lintonium vibex (Linton, 1899) (Digenea — Trematoda). Parasitology 40: 316-321

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Arothron nigropunctatus Bloch & Schneider [TETRAODONTIDAE] Blackspotted puffer; Arothron stellatus Anonymous [TETRAODONTIDAE] Starry puffer; Arothron hispidus Linnaeus [TETRAODONTIDAE] Stars-and-stripes puffer).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Martin, S.B., Diaz, P.E., Bray, R.A. & Cutmore, S.C. 2021. Eight species of Lintonium Stunkard & Nigrelli, 1930 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) in Australian tetraodontiform fishes. Systematic Parasitology 2021 98: 595-624 [609]

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