Species Machidatrema kyphosi (Yamaguti, 1970)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthadena kyphosi Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63790, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Machidatrema kyphosi (Yamaguti, 1970). —
  León-Règagnon, V. 1998. Machidatrema n. gen. (Digenea: Hemiuridae: Bunocotylinae) and phylogenetic analysis of its species. Journal of Parasitology 84: 140-146

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Chub).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2000. The status of the genera Hysterolecithoides Yamaguti, 1934, Neotheletrum Gibson & Bray, 1979 and Machidatrema León-Règagnon, 1998 (Digenea: Hemiuroidea), including a description of M. leonae n. sp. from Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 46: 1-22 (Australian record)

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