Species Preptetos cannoni Barker, Bray & Cribb, 1993

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• Preptetos cannoni Barker, S.C., Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1993. Preptetos cannoni n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes) from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 26: 151-155.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL 12990, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°57'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GL 12991-95, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°57'E]; BMNH 1993.1.21.2-6, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°57'E].

  Type host:

   Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [Siganidae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus doliatus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-38 [SIGANIDAE] Barred Spinefoot; Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE] Blue-spotted spinefoot; Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE] Golden-lined Spinefoot; Siganus punctatus (Schneider & Forster, 1801) [SIGANIDAE] Goldspotted spinefoot; Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [SIGANIDAE] Little spinefoot; Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE] Mottled Spinefoot; Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1854 [POMACENTRIDAE] Speckled Damselfish).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Lepocreadiidae (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 26: 189-200

Bray, R.A., Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2022. A paradigm for the recognition of cryptic trematode species in tropical Indo-west Pacific fishes: the problematic genus Preptetos (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae). International Journal for Parasitology 52: 169–203

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Preptetos and Neopreptetos (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from Australian marine fishes. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 43: 209-226

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