Species Weketrema hawaiiense (Yamaguti, 1970)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lecithophyllum hawaiiense Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63795, Hawaii.

  Type host:

   Parupeneus porphyreus (Jenkins, 1903) [MULLIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Weketrema hawaiiense (Yamaguti, 1970). —
  Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 2001. Weketrema gen. n., a new genus for Weketrema hawaiiense (Yamaguti, 1970) comb. n. (Digenea: Lecithasteridae) recently found in Australian marine fishes. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 48: 109-114

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Latridopsis forsteri (Castelnau, 1872) [LATRIDAE] Bastard Trumpeter; Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) [HAEMULIDAE] Blubber-lip Bream; Cheilodactylus nigripes Richardson, 1850 [CHEILODACTYLIDAE] Magpie Perch; Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793) [NEMIPTERIDAE] Two-lined Monocle Bream).

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