Venusicola inusitatus gen.n., sp.n. [Digenea, Acanthocolpidae] from the Venus tuskfish Choerodon venustus [De Vis] from the southern Great Barrier Reef

• Autorzy: Bray R A , Cribb T H
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The new acanthocolpid genus Venusicola is erected for V. inusitatus sp. n. from the marine tuskfísh Choerodon venustus from Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef. This genus is unique in the family in having a greatly elongated ventral sucker with lateral apertural lips and a pavement of blunt spines lining the aperture.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

parasite; fish; coastal water; Venusicola inusitatus; Australia; Acanthocolpidae; digenean parasite; Venus tuskfish; Digenea

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Parasitologica
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: 45
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.295-298,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Bray R A

• Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.

autor

Cribb T H

• Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

Bibliografia

• Bray R. A. in prep. Family Acanthocolpidae Lühe, 1906. In: Keys to the trematodes of vertebrates. Vol. 2 (Eds. A. Jones, R. A. Bray and D. I. Gibson). CAB International, Wallingford.
• Bray R. A., Cribb T. H., Barker S. C. 1997. Postlepidapedon Zdzitowiecki, 1993 and Gibsonivermis n. g. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and their relationship to Intusatrium Durio & Manter, 1968. Systematic Parasitology, 36, 143-155.
• Cribb T. H., Bray R. A. 1999. A review of the Apocreadiidae Skrjabin, 1942 (Trematoda: Digenea) and description of Australian species. Systematic Parasitology, 44, 1-36.
• Cribb T. H., Bray R. A., Barker S. C. 1992. A review of the family Transversotrematidae (Trematoda: Digenea) with the description of a new genus, Crusziella. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 909-935.
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