Species Protogyrodactylus pyriformis (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922)

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Species Protogyrodactylus pyriformis (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922)

Empleurosoma pyriforme Johnston, T.H. & Tiegs, O.W. 1922. New gyrodactyloid trematodes from Australian fishes together with a reclassification of the super-family Gyrodactyloidea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47: 83-131 [100] [renamed by Gusev, 1973].
Type host:
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) [TERAPONTIDAE]

Generic Combinations

Protogyrodactylus pyriformis (Johnston & Tiegs, 1922). —
Gusev, A.V. 1973. [Revision of the genus Protogyrodactylus (Monogenoidea) and a description of the new species P. marinus]. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 20: 17-27 [in Russian]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Burnett River, South QLD.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859) [TERAPONTIDAE] Spangled Perch).

General References

Fletcher, A.S. & Whittington, I.D. 1998. A parasite-host checklist for Monogenea from freshwater fishes in Australia, with comments on biodiversity. Systematic Parasitology 41: 159-168 (and references therein)

Young, P.C. 1970. The species of Monogenoidea recorded from Australian fishes and notes on their zoogeography. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico Serie Zoología 41: 163-176

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)
10-Dec-2023	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Storm Martin
04-Aug-2021	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
02-Nov-2018	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
27-Jul-2017	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
21-Jan-2014	DACTYLOGYRIDAE Bychowsky, 1933	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
		11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED

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