Species Preptetos laguncula Bray & Cribb, 1996

Museums

Regional Maps

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

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 212748, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH 1995.11.22.6, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E].

  Type host:

   Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) [Acanthuridae]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bluespine Unicornfish; Naso lituratus (Forster, 1801) [ACANTHURIDAE] Orangespine Unicornfish).

General References

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

Lo, C.F., Morgan, J.A.T., Galzin, R. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Identical digeneans in coral reef fishes from French Polynesia and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia) demonstrated by morphology and molecules. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 1573-1578

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