Species Transversotrema witenbergi Hunter & Cribb, 2012

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• Transversotrema witenbergi Hunter, J.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2012. A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae). Zootaxa 3176: 1-44.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 231876, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 150°55'E].

  Type host:

   Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [CAESIONIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 [CAESIONIDAE] Marr's Fusilier; Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) [CAESIONIDAE] Redbelly Yellowtail Fusilier).

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

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
11-Feb-2022	DIGENEA Carus, 1863	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong
11-Feb-2022	Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb
11-Feb-2022	PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED	Professor Thomas Cribb (QM)
		19-Apr-2012	ADDED