Species Monocystella epibatis Cannon & Jennings, 1988

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• Monocystella epibatis Cannon, L.R.G. & Jennings, J.B. 1988. Monocystella epibatis n. sp., a new aseptate gregarine hyperparasite of rhabdocoel turbellarians parasitic in the crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci Linnaeus, from the Great Barrier Reef. Archiv für Protistenkunde 136: 267-272.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pterastericola vivipara Cannon, 1978 [PTERASTERICOLIDAE] (turbellarian parasitic in crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci; gut)).

Associated Fauna References

Cannon, L.R.G. & Jennings, J.B. 1988. Monocystella epibatis n. sp., a new aseptate gregarine hyperparasite of rhabdocoel turbellarians parasitic in the crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci Linnaeus, from the Great Barrier Reef. Archiv für Protistenkunde 136: 267-272 (Pterastericola vivipara)

Jennings, J.B. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1985. Observations on the occurrence, nutritional physiology and respiratory pigment of three species of flatworms (Rhabdocoela: Pterastericolidae) entosymbiotic in starfish from temperate and tropical waters. Ophelia 24: 199-215 (Pterastericola vivipara)

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