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Species Prosorhynchus maternus Bray & Justine, 2006

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider) [SERRANIDAE] Malabar grouper; Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton) [SERRANIDAE] Orange-spotted grouper).

Associated Fauna References

Bray, R.A. & Justine, J-L. 2006. Prosorhynchus maternus sp. n. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the Malabar grouper Epinephelus malabaricus (Perciformes: Serranidae) off New Caledonia. Folia Parasitologica 53: 181–188 (Epinephelus malabaricus)

Cutmore, S.C., Nolan, M.J. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. Heterobucephalopsine and prosorhynchine trematodes (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from teleost fishes of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of two new species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 783–806 (Epinephelus coioides)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024 TREMATODA 01-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
15-Sep-2023 TREMATODA 01-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 TREMATODA 01-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
11-Feb-2022 TREMATODA 01-Jul-2024 MODIFIED
DIGENEA Carus, 1863 21-May-2019 ADDED Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong