Species Pearsonellum corventum Overstreet & Køie, 1989
- Pearsonellum corventum Overstreet, R.M. & Køie, M. 1989. Pearsonellum corventum, gen. et sp. nov. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae), in Serranid fishes from the Capricornia section of the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 71–79.
Type data:
Holotype QM GL10091, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°26'S, 151°54'E].
Paratype(s) QM GL10092, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°26'S, 151°54'E]; BMNH 1988.2.10.1, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°26'S, 151°54'E].Type host:
Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [Serranidae]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: parasitic (host(s): Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801) [SERRANIDAE] Blacksaddled Coralgrouper; Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] Chocolate Hind; Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 [SERRANIDAE] Honeycomb Grouper; Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE] Leopard Coralgrouper; Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Longfin Grouper; Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) [SERRANIDAE] Maori Grouper; Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] White-streaked Grouper).
General References
Nolan, M.J. & Cribb, T.H. 2004. Two new blood flukes (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from Epinephelinae (Perciformes: Serranidae) of the Pacific Ocean. Parasitology International 53: 327-335
Overstreet, R.M. & Thulin, J. 1989. Response by Plectropomus leopardus and other serranid fishes to Pearsonellum corventum (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae), including melanomacrophage centres in the heart. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 129-142
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | TREMATODA | 30-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-May-2023 | SCHISTOSOMATOIDEA Stiles & Hassall, 1898 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee |
| 20-May-2023 | APOROCOTYLIDAE Odhner, 1912 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee (QM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | TREMATODA | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIGENEA Carus, 1863 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIPLOSTOMIDA Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIPLOSTOMIDA Olson, Cribb, Tkach, Bray & Littlewood, 2003 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 29-Jul-2013 | 07-Feb-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2013 | 15-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |