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Hall, K. A.; Cribb, T. H. (2005). Revision of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (Digenea : Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of a new species from an acanthurid fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa. 1071: 1-18.
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Hall, K. A.; Cribb, T. H
2005
Revision of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (Digenea : Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of a new species from an acanthurid fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Zootaxa
1071: 1-18
Publication
We describe one new species of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 from the intestine of an acanthurid fish of the Great Barrier Reef. Telotrema brevicaudatum n. sp. is described from 2 mature specimens from the yellowfin surgeonfish, Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835 ( Acanthuridae), from waters off Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. This species is distinguished from the type-species, Telotrema caudatum Ozaki, 1933, by the smaller excretory papilla, the massive pars prostatica, the unipartite, globular seminal vesicle, and the intertesticular position of the ovary. The proposal of a new species of Telotrema necessitates re-examination of the generic diagnosis, and the genus is here redefined in light of the morphology of T. brevicaudatum. Telotrema is distinguished from Gyliauchen Nicoll, 1915 by the possession of a ventral sucker which is larger than the pharynx, a straight or sigmoid oesophagus, an extensive and dense vitellarium, and a distinct excretory papilla. We here recognise 3 species and distinguish them in a key. The biogeographical range for species of Telotrema now includes acanthurid and pomacentrid fishes of the western Pacific Ocean.
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Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (additional source)
Telotrema brevicaudatum Hall & Cribb, 2005 (original description)
Telotrema caudatum Ozaki, 1933 (redescription)
Telotrema pomacentri (Nahhas & Wetzel, 1995) Hall & Cribb, 2005 (redescription)
Telotrema brevicaudatum Hall & Cribb, 2005 (original description)
Telotrema caudatum Ozaki, 1933 (redescription)
Telotrema pomacentri (Nahhas & Wetzel, 1995) Hall & Cribb, 2005 (redescription)