Species Transversotrema hyperionis Cutmore, Corner & Cribb, 2023
- Transversotrema hyperionis Cutmore, S.C., Corner, R.D. & Cribb, T.H. 2023. Morphological constraint obscures richness: a mitochondrial exploration of cryptic richness in Transversotrema (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae). International Journal for Parasitology In press.Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FD462A1F-2838-430E-91B2-820C60AEB146
Type data:
Holotype QM G235088, Western Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°22'S, 153°13'E].
Paratype(s) QM G235070–G235089, G240660–G240669, Western Moreton Bay; Eastern Moreton Bay; Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [27°22'S, 153°13'E; 27°26'S, 153°24'E; 14°40'S, 145°27'E].Type host:
Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) [LABRIDAE]
Introduction
Transversotrema hyperionis was previously reported as Transversotrema elegans in Cutmore et al. (2016).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) [LABRIDAE] Blackspot tuskfish; Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse).