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Issue: Vol. 1059 No. 1: 7 Oct. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1059.1.2
Page range: 33–38
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Prosorhynchoides lamprelli n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the brassy trevally, Caranx papuensis (Teleostei: Carangidae), from off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia South Australian Research and Development Institute, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences and Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Pisces Australia Prosorhynchoides lamprelli n. sp. brassy trevally Bucephalidae Caranx papuensis Great Barrier Reef

Abstract

Prosorhynchoides lamprelli n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) is described from the intestine of the brassy trevally, Caranx papuensis (Carangidae) from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The new species is differentiated from other species of Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929 by the shape and distribution of its vitelline follicles, the shape and extent of its uterus and the configuration of its digestive system. This is the first bucephalid to be described from Caranx papuensis; we have not encountered this species from other carangids or from over 1,500 individuals of other teleosts species we have found to be infected with bucephalids from the Great Barrier Reef.

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