Species Paradiscogaster glebulae Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1994

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.


IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Atoll Butterflyfish; Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Bluelashed Butterflyfish; Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Golden Butterflyfish; Heniochus varius (Cuvier, 1829) [CHAETODONTIDAE] Horned Bannerfish; Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Mirror Butterflyfish; Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Ornate Butterflyfish; Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Rainford's Butterflyfish; Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Speckled Butterflyfish; Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Teardrop Butterflyfish).

 

General References

Diaz, P.E., Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C., Ward, S. & Cribb T.H. 2015. A complex of species related to Paradiscogaster glebulae (Digenea: Faustulidae) in chaetodontid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology International 64(2015): 421-428 [423, figs 1-4]

Hall, K.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1999. V4 region of small subunit rDNA indicates polyphyly of the Fellodistomidae (Digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data. Systematic Parasitology 43: 81-92

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1990. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Australian record—as Paradiscogaster sp.)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025 TREMATODA 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
07-Feb-2024 TREMATODA 01-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023 TREMATODA 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 TREMATODA 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022 TREMATODA 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022 DIGENEA Carus, 1863 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022 FAUSTULIDAE Poche, 1926 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
11-Feb-2022 PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022 PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022 PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022 PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
29-Jul-2013 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
29-Jul-2013 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
29-Jul-2013 13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED
13-Mar-2025 MODIFIED