Species Chanicola jiigurru (Yong, Cutmore, Miller, Wee & Cribb, 2016) Yong, Cribb & Cutmore, 2021

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cardicola jiigurru Yong, R.Q.-Y., Cutmore, S.C., Miller, T.L., Wee, N.Q.-X. & Cribb, T.H. 2016. A complex of Cardicola Short, 1953 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) species infecting the milkfish Chanos chanos Forsskål (Gonorynchiformes), with descriptions of two new species. Systematic Parasitology 93: 831-846 [833].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 235101, Off Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland [14°40'S, 145°27'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 235102–23510209 8 specimens including 1 hologenophore, Off Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland [14°40'S, 145°27'E].

  Type host:

   Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) [CHANIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Chanicola jiigurru (Yong, Cutmore, Miller, Wee & Cribb, 2016). —
  Yong, R.Q-Y., Cribb, T.H. & Cutmore, S.C. 2021. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the problematic genus Cardicola (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) indicates massive polyphyly, dramatic morphological radiation and host-switching. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2021 164(107290): 1-14 [9]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: endoparasitic (host(s): Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) [CHANIDAE] Milkfish).

History of changes