Species Neometadena ovata (Yamaguti, 1952)

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• Paracryptogonimus ovatus Yamaguti, S. 1952. Parasitic worms mainly from Celebes. Part 1. New digenetic trematodes of fishes. Acta Medica Okayama 8: 146-198.
• Neometadena lutiani Hafeezullah, M. & Siddiqi, A.H. 1970. Digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of India. Part I. Bucephalidae and Cryptogonimidae. Indian Journal of Helminthology 22: 1-22.

  Secondary source:

   Miller, T.L., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Two species of Neometadena Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia, including the description of Neometadena paucispina n. sp. from Australian Lutjanidae. Systematic Parasitology [Date published 02 July 2018].
• Paracryptogonimus orientalis Fischthal & Kuntz, 1964.

  Secondary source:

   Miller, T.L., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Two species of Neometadena Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia, including the description of Neometadena paucispina n. sp. from Australian Lutjanidae. Systematic Parasitology [Date published 02 July 2018].
• Paracryptogonimus rostratus Nagaty & Abdel-Aal, 1961.

  Secondary source:

   Miller, T.L., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Two species of Neometadena Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia, including the description of Neometadena paucispina n. sp. from Australian Lutjanidae. Systematic Parasitology [Date published 02 July 2018].

Generic Combinations

• Neometadena ovata (Yamaguti, 1952). —
  Miller, T.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2008. Family Cryptogonimidae Ward, 1917. pp. 51-112 in Bray, R.A., Gibson, D.I. & Jones, A. Keys to the Trematoda. Wallingford : CAB International Vol. 3 824 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson) [LUTJANIDAE] Spanish flag), parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus russellii (Bleeker) [LUTJANIDAE] Russell's snapper), parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål) [LUTJANIDAE] Dory snapper), parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard) [LUTJANIDAE] Brownstripe snapper), parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulvus (Forster) [LUTJANIDAE] Blacktail snapper).

Associated Fauna References

Miller, T.L., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Two species of Neometadena Hafeezullah & Siddiqi, 1970 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from Moreton Bay, Australia, including the description of Neometadena paucispina n. sp. from Australian Lutjanidae. Systematic Parasitology [Date published 02 July 2018] (Lutjanus vitta; Lutjanus russellii; Lutjanus fulvus; Lutjanus fulviflamma; Lutjanus carponotatus)

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