Species Thulinia microrchis (Yamaguti, 1934)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hysterolecitha microrchis 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:

   Girella punctata Gray, 1835 [KYPHOSIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Thulinia microrchis (Yamaguti, 1934). —
  Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. Hemiuridae (Digenea) from marine fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 25: 37-62

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Siganus rivulatus Forsskål, 1775 [SIGANIDAE] Marbled Spinefoot (note that this species is now excluded from the Australian fauna, so record may be a misidentification); Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 [POMACENTRIDAE] Pink Anemonefish; Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor; Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) [POMACENTRIDAE] Scissortail Sergeant; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley’s Sergeant; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE]; Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 [CHAETODONTIDAE]; Chaetodontoplus meredithi Kuiter, 1989 [POMACANTHIDAE]; Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1858) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [KYPHOSIDAE]; Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE]; Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker, 1852 [POMACENTRIDAE]; Siganus doliatus Cuvier, 1830 [SIGANIDAE]; Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835) [SIGANIDAE]; Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1845) [SIGANIDAE]; Stegastes apicalis (De Vis, 1885) [POMACENTRIDAE]; Pomacentrus taeniometopon Bleeker, 1852 [POMACENTRIDAE]).

General References

Barker, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Adlard, R.D. 1994. Host-parasite associations on a coral reef: pomacentrid fishes and digenean trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology 24: 643-647 (Australian record)

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1993. The Hemiuroidea (Digenea) of pomacentrid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 24: 159-184 (Australian record)

Manter, H.W. 1969. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part 4. Hemiuridae and summary. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 36: 194-204, 15 figs (Australian record)

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