Species Paradiscogaster ostracii (Yamaguti, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Discogastroides ostracii Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541.

  Type host:

   Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [OSTRACIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Paradiscogaster ostracii (Yamaguti, 1934). —
  Cribb, T.H., Anderson, G.R. & Bray, R.A. 1999. Faustulid trematodes (Digenea) from marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 44: 119-138

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Ostracion meleagris Shaw & Nodder, 1796 [OSTRACIIDAE] Whitespotted Boxfish; Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 [OSTRACIIDAE] Yellow Boxfish).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Anderson, G.R. & Bray, R.A. 1999. Faustulid trematodes (Digenea) from marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 44: 119-138 (Australian record)

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

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