Species Macvicaria macassarensis (Yamaguti, 1952)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plagioporus (Plagioporus) macassarensis Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198.

  Type host:

   Lethrinus sp. [LETHRINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Macvicaria macassarensis (Yamaguti, 1952).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1989. Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History 23: 429-473 (Australian record)

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755

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