Species Lintonium pulchrum (Johnston, 1913)

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• Steringotrema pulchrum Johnston, S.J. 1913. On some Queensland Trematodes, with anatomical observations and descriptions of new species and genera. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 59: 361-400 [386].
  Zoobank Registration Number:4CB769DF-FA18-4B25-8019-E86FF75D4173

  Type data:

   Paratype(s) AM W. 368, Townsville, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TETRAODONTIDAE] (as Tetraodon hispidus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lagocephalus lunaris Bloch & Schneider [TETRAODONTIDAE] Lunartail puffer; Arothron manilensis Marion de Proce [TETRAODONTIDAE] Narrowlined puffer; Arothron stellatus Anonymous [TETRAODONTIDAE] Starry puffer), parasitic (host(s): Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [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 [608]

Skrjabin, K.I. & Koval, V.P. 1957. Family Fellodistomatidae Nicoll, 1913. Trematodes of Animals and Man 13: 163–452

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