Species Pseudoplagioporus tropicus (Durio & Manter, 1968)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Orthodena tropica Durio, W.O. & Manter, H.W. 1968. Some digenetic trematodes of marine fishes of New Caledonia. Part II. Opecoelidae and Lepocreadiidae. Journal of Parasitology 54: 747-756, 19 figs.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC 63310, Noumea.

Generic Combinations

• Pseudoplagioporus tropicus (Durio & Manter, 1968). —
  Martin, S.B, Cutmore, S.C. & Cribb, T.H. 2020. The Pseudoplagioporinae, a new subfamily in the Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 (Trematoda) for a small clade parasitizing mainly lethrinid fishes, with three new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58: 79-113

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Lethrinus laticaudis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 [LETHRINIDAE] Grass Emperor; Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802) [LETHRINIDAE] Pink Ear Emperor; Lethrinus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1830 [LETHRINIDAE] Red snout Emperor; Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [LETHRINIDAE] Redthroat Emperor).

General References

Bray, R.A. & Cribb, T.H. 1989. Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History 23: 429-473 (Australian record)

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