Species Preptetos xesuri (Yamaguti, 1940) Pritchard, 1960

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opechona xesuri Yamaguti, S. 1940. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 31. Trematodes of Fishes, VII. Japanese Journal of Zoology 9(1): 35-108 [***need to check this reference***].

  Type data:

   Holotype YHPC, Hamazima, Mie Prefecture, Japan.

  Type host:

   Prionurus scalprum Valenciennes, 1835 [Acanthuridae] (as Xesurus scalprum)

Generic Combinations

• Preptetos xesuri (Yamaguti, 1940) Pritchard, 1960. —
  Pritchard, M.H. 1960. Preptetos caballeroi n. gen., n. sp. and Labrifer tertius n. sp. (Trematoda: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of Hawaii. In Libro homenaje al Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero, Jubileo 1930-1960. Mexico, D.F. (Instituto Politecnico Nacional). pp. 245-251, 3 figs [247]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE] Banded Parma).

General References

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

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