Species Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, Reid & Kuntz, 1965

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• Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, W.H., Reid, W.A. & Kuntz, R.E. 1965. Paucivitellosus fragilis gen. et sp. nov. (Bivesiculidae: Digenea), a parasite of Chelon troscheli from Formosa. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 84: 365-368.

  Type host:

   Liza macrolepis (Smith, 1846) [MUGILIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) [MUGILIDAE] Fringelip Mullet; Oedalechilus labiosus (Valenciennes, 1836) [MUGILIDAE] Hornlip Mullet; Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836) [BLENNIIDAE] Peacock Rockskipper; Istiblennius edentulus (Schneider & Forster, 1801) [BLENNIIDAE] Rippled Rockskipper; Myxus elongatus Günther, 1861 [MUGILIDAE] Sand Grey Mullet; Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 [MUGILIDAE] Sea Mullet; Paramugil georgii (Ogilby, 1897) [MUGILIDAE] Silver Mullet; Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MUGILIDAE] Squaretail Mullet; Liza argentea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MUGILIDAE] Flat-tail Mullet).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Barker, S.C. 1994. Bivesiculidae and Haplosplanchnidae (Digenea) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 28: 81-97 (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 (Australian record)

Pearson, J.C. 1968. Observations on the morphology and life-cycle of Paucivitellosus fragilis Coil, Reid & Kuntz, 1965 (Trematoda: Bivesiculidae). Parasitology 58: 769-788 (Australian record)

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