Species Transversotrema hyperionis Cutmore, Corner & Cribb, 2023

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• 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.
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  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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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).

 

General References

Cutmore, S.C., Diggles, B.K. & Cribb, T.H. 2016. Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Trematoda: Transversotrematidae) from inshore fishes of Australia: description of a new species and significant range extensions for three congeners. Systematic Parasitology 93: 639-652

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	07-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
	TREMATODA	18-Aug-2023	ADDED