Species Trigonocryptus conus Martin, 1958

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trigonocryptus conus Martin, W.E. 1958. Hawaian helminths. 1. Trigonocryptus conus n. gen., n. sp. (Trematoda: Fellodistomidae). Pacific Science 12: 251-254.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 55285, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TRICHONOTIDAE] (as Tetraodon hispidus)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Blackspotted Puffer; Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Stars-and-stripes Puffer).

General References

Cribb, T.H., Anderson, G.R. & Bray, R.A. 1999. Faustulid trematodes (Digenea) from marine fishes of Australia. Systematic Parasitology 44: 119-138 (Australian record)

Hall, K.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1999. V4 region of small subunit rDNA indicates polyphyly of the Fellodistomidae (Digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data. Systematic Parasitology 43: 81-92 (Australian record)

Olson, P.D., Cribb, T.H., Tkach, V.V., Bray, R.A. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda). International Journal for Parasitology 33: 733-755

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