Zoogonidae (Digenea) from southern Great Barrier Reef fishes with a description of Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) gibsoni n. sp. (original) (raw)

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Two species of the Zoogonidae are recorded from Heron Island on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) gibsoni n. sp. is described from the intestine of Abudefduf whitleyi (Pomacentridae). The new species is distinguished by the combination of the following: pedunculate ventral sucker, caeca extending well past testes, presence of two-chambered internal seminal vesicle, vitelline follicles extending only to anterior margin of testes, and testes close to ventral sucker. Zoogonus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939 is recorded from Lethrinus atkinsoni (Lethrinidae). This species has been recorded previously only from a sparid from Japan. A new combination, Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) fugus (Zhang, Qiu & Li, 1986), is made.

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1. Queensland Museum, P.O. Box 300, 4101, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
   Thomas H. Cribb
2. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5BD, London, UK
   Rodney A. Bray
3. Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
   Stephen C. Barker

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2. Rodney A. Bray
3. Stephen C. Barker

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Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Barker, S.C. Zoogonidae (Digenea) from southern Great Barrier Reef fishes with a description of Steganoderma (Lecithostaphylus) gibsoni n. sp..Syst Parasitol 23, 7–12 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008002

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• Accepted: 19 September 1991
• Issue date: September 1992
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008002

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