Species Paradiscogaster chaetodontis Yamaguti, 1938

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• Paradiscogaster chaetodontis Yamaguti, S. 1938. Studies on the Helminth Fauna of Japan. Part 21. Trematodes of fishes, iv. Kyoto 139 pp. [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype MEGPM 22602, Koti, Japan.

  Type host:

   Chaetodon collare Bloch, 1787 [CHAETODONTIDAE] (as Chaetodon collaris)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Blackback Butterflyfish; Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Blueblotch Butterflyfish; Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Lined Butterflyfish; Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish; Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Threadfin Butterflyfish; Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Threeband Pennantfish).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1994. Fellodistomidae and Lepocreadiidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) from chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 545-581 (Australian record)

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