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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58
Paradiscogaster leichhardti sp. nov. (Digenea: Faustulidae) in Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef
Diaz, P.E. & Cribb, T.H.
Published online: 10 October 2013
Citation
Diaz, P.E. & Cribb, T.H. 2013 10 10: Paradiscogaster leichhardti sp. nov. (Digenea: Faustulidae) in Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58: 49–53. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-07
Accepted
13 August 2013
Published online
10 October 2013
Peer reviewed
Yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.58.2013.2013-07
Keywords
Paradiscogaster leichhardti, Chaetodontoplus meredithi, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef
Abstract
Paradiscogaster leichhardti sp. nov. (Digenea: Faustulidae) is described from the intestine of Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the southern Great Barrier Reef. The new species is distinguished by its elongate, spindle-shaped body and vitellarium which forms separate groups at the level of the anterior and posterior ends of the cirrus-sac. This is the second species of Paradiscogaster reported from pomacanthid fishes.
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