Species Proctoeces major Yamaguti, 1934

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• Proctoeces major Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541.

  Type host:

   Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal sergeant), parasitic (host(s): Chaetodermis penicilligerus (Cuvier, 1816) [MONACANTHIDAE] Tasselled leatherjacket), parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) [LETHRINIDAE] Spangled emperor), parasitic (host(s): Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Jansen's wrasse), parasitic (host(s): Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse), parasitic (host(s): Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Snapper), parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus laticaudis (Alleyne & MacLeay, 1877) [LETHRINIDAE] Grass emperor), parasitic (host(s): Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830) [LABRIDAE] Sixbar wrasse), parasitic (host(s): Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MONODACTYLIDAE] Silver dollar), parasitic (host(s): Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) [LABRIDAE] Surge wrasse).

Associated Fauna References

Wee, N. Q-X., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Cutmore, S.C. 2017. Two known and one new species of Proctoeces from Australian teleosts: Variable host-specificity for closely related species identified through multi-locus molecular data. Parasitology International 66: 16–26 (Lethrinus laticaudis; Thalassoma jansenii; Thalassoma hardwicke; Chaetodermis penicilligerus; Abudefduf bengalensis; Thalassoma purpureum; Lethrinus nebulosus; Thalassoma lunare; Monodactylus argenteus)

Yamaguti, S. 1934. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 2. Trematodes of Fishes, I. Japanese Journal of Zoology 5(3): 249-541 (Chrysophrys auratus)

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