Species Preptetos prudhoei Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2022

Museums

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• Preptetos prudhoei 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 [190].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DAA003DEE047- 44E7-A730-FDAF2658C1C8.

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP HEL1599, Moorea, Society Archipelago, French Polynesia [17°30'S, 149°50'W].
  Paratype(s) MNHNP HEL1600–HEL1639, French Polynesia; QM G238797–G238813, French Polynesia; QM 2021.4.27.57–2021.4.27.79, French Polynesia.

  Type host:

   Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) [ACANTHURIDAE]

Introduction

Syn. Preptetos xesuri (Yamaguti, 1940) Pritchard, 1960 of Bray and Cribb (1996).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Brown surgeonfish; Naso tonganus (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bulbnose unicornfish; Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ACANTHURIDAE] Convict surgeonfish; Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [ACANTHURIDAE] Lined surgeonfish; Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835 [ACANTHURIDAE] Ringtail surgeonfish; Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795) [ACANTHURIDAE] Sailfin tang; Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) [ACANTHURIDAE] Twotone tang; Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887 [ACANTHURIDAE] Yellowspotted sawtail).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1996. Preptetos and Neopreptetos (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from Australian marine fishes. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 43: 209-226 [210–212]

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