Species Plerurus digitatus (Looss, 1899)

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• Hemiurus digitatus Looss, A. 1899. Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Trematoden-Fauna Ægyptens, zugleich Versuch einer natürlichen Gliederung des Genus Distomum Retzius. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 12: 521-784, Taf. 24-32, 2 text-figs [729].

Generic Combinations

• Plerurus digitatus (Looss, 1899). —
  Looss, A. 1907. Zur Kenntniss der Distomen-familie Hemiuridae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 585-620

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Scomberomorus munroi Collette & Russo, 1980 [SCOMBRIDAE] Australian Spotted Mackerel; Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833) [CARANGIDAE] Bludger; Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Macleay, 1883) [SCOMBRIDAE] Broad-barred King Mackerel; Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) [SYNODONTIDAE] Brushtooth Lizardfish; Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 [LUTJANIDAE] Crimson Snapper; Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775) [CHIROCENTRIDAE] Dorab Wolf-herring; Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) [SPHYRAENIDAE] Great Barracuda; Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) [SCOMBRIDAE] Kawakawa; Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE] Leopard Coralgrouper; Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) [SCOMBRIDAE] Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel; Scomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 [SCOMBRIDAE] Queensland School Mackerel; Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [SCOMBRIDAE] Shark Mackerel; Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] Spotted Coralgrouper; Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) [SERRANIDAE] Yellow-edged Lyretail; Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) [CARANGIDAE] Yellowspotted Trevally; Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 [CARANGIDAE] Yellowtail Amberjack).

General References

Barker, S.C., Blair, D., Garrett, A.R. & Cribb, T.H. 1993. Utility of the D1 domain of nuclear 28S rRNA for phylogenetic inference in the Digenea. Systematic Parasitology 26: 181-188 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A. 1990. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the southern Indian Ocean: Dinurinae, Elytrophallinae, Glomericirrinae and Plerurinae. Systematic Parasitology 17: 183-217 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 25: 37-62 (Australian record)

Hutson, K., Ernst, I., Mooney, A.J. & Whittington, I.D. 2007. Metazoan parasite assemblages of wild Seriola lalandi (Carangidae) from eastern and southern Australia. Parasitology International 56: 95-105 (Australian record)

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755 (Australian record)

Rigby, M.C., Holmes, J.C., Cribb, T.H. & Morand, S. 1997. Patterns of species diversity in the gastrointestinal helminths of a coral reef fish, Epinephelus merra (Serranidae), from French Polynesia and the South Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1818-1827 (Australian record)

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