Species Symmetrovesicula gracilis Downie, Bray, Jones & Cribb, 2011

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• Symmetrovesicula gracilis Downie, A.J., Bray, R.A., Jones, B.E. & Cribb, T.H. 2011. Taxonomy, host-specificity and biogeography of Symmetrovesicula Yamaguti, 1938 (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from chaetodontids (Teleostei: Perciformes) in the tropical Indo-west Pacific region. Systematic Parasitology 78: 1-18.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 232144, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 232145-64, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; WAM V763673, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E]; BMNH 2010.7.5.1-15, Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef [23°27'S, 151°55'E].

  Type host:

   Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [CHAETODONTIDAE]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Symmetrovesicula chaetodontis Yamaguti, 1938 [misidentification]. —
  Cribb, T.H., Bray, R.A. & Barker, S.C. 1994. Bivesiculidae and Haplosplanchnidae (Digenea) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 28: 81-97
• Symmetrovesicula chaetodontis (Yamaguti, 1938) [misidentification]. —
  Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Rainford's Butterflyfish; Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Blueblotch Butterflyfish; Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Bluelashed Butterflyfish; Chaetodon aureofasciatus Macleay, 1878 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Golden Butterflyfish; Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Lined Butterflyfish; Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Melon Butterflyfish; Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Mirror Butterflyfish; Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Ornate Butterflyfish; Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [CHAETODONTIDAE] Oval Butterflyfish).

General References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1994. Fellodistomidae and Lepocreadiidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) from chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes) from Heron Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 545-581 (Australian record)

Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1990. Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 101-128 (Australian record)

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