Species Varialvus charadrus Miller, Bray, Justine & Cribb, 2010

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• Varialvus charadrus Miller, T.L., Bray, R.A., Justine, J.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2010. Varialvus gen. nov. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae), from species of Lutjanidae (Perciformes) off the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Maldives. Acta Parasitologica 55: 327-339.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 231941, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 231942–58, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E]; MNHNN JNC2143, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E]; MNHNN JNC2655, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E]; MNHNN JNC2688-89, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef [14°40'S, 145°27'E].

  Type host:

   Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [LUTJANIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801) [LUTJANIDAE] Blacktail Snapper; Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [LUTJANIDAE] Brownstripe Red Snapper; Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Common Bluestripe Snapper; Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Dory Snapper; Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) [LUTJANIDAE] Five-lined Snapper; Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Humpback Red Snapper; Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) [LUTJANIDAE] Spanish Flag Snapper; Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Two-spot Red Snapper).

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