Species Opisthadena dimidia Linton, 1910

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthadena dimidia Linton, E. 1910. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. 2. Trematodes. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 4(Publ. 133): 11-98.

  Type host:

   Kyphosus sectatrix (Linnaeus, 1758) [KYPHOSIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [KYPHOSIDAE] Brassy Drummer; Kyphosus bigibbus Lacépède, 1801 [KYPHOSIDAE] Grey Drummer; Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) [KYPHOSIDAE] Silver Drummer; Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) [KYPHOSIDAE] Snubnose Drummer; Kyphosus cornelii (Whitley, 1944) [KYPHOSIDAE] Western Buffalo Bream).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2002. Observations on the phylogeny of Opisthadena Linton, 1910 and related genera (Hemiuridae: Opisthadeninae) from Australian and French Polynesian waters. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 49: 279-290 (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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