Species Neohexangitrema zebrasomatis Machida, 1984

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neohexangitrema zebrasomatis Machida, M. 1984. Two new trematodes from tropical marine fishes of southwestern Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series A, Zoology 10: 51-55.

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT Pl 2110, Irabu Island, southwestern Japan.

  Type host:

   Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) [ACANTHURIDAE] Twotone Tang).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A., Littlewood, D.T.J., Pichelin, S. & Herniou, E.A. 2001. The Digenea. pp. 168-185 in Littlewood, D.J.T. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes. London, UK : The Systematics Association, Taylor & Francis 356 pp. (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 (Australian record)

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