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Bray, R. A.; Justine, J-L. (2006). Hypocreadium toombo n. sp (Digenea : Lepocreadiidae) in the yellow-spotted triggerfish Pseudobalistes fuscus (Perciformes : Balistidae) and additional lepocreadiids parasitizing fishes from the waters off New Caledonia. Zootaxa. 1326, p. 37-44.
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Bray, R. A.; Justine, J-L.
2006
Hypocreadium toombo n. sp (Digenea : Lepocreadiidae) in the yellow-spotted triggerfish Pseudobalistes fuscus (Perciformes : Balistidae) and additional lepocreadiids parasitizing fishes from the waters off New Caledonia
Zootaxa
1326, p. 37-44
Publication
Hypocreadium toombo n. sp. is described from the balistid Pseudobalistes fuscus from the waters off New Caledonia. It is distinguished by a series of characters shared by no other Hypocreadium species. The specimens are always slightly longer than wide, have a distinct anterior notch, have the vitelline fields confluent or nearly so in the forebody and have the terminal ends of the caeca pointing anteriorly. Other lepocreadiid species also recorded from New Caledonian waters are Lobatocreadium exiguum from P. fuscus, Intusatrium robustum from Bodianus perditio and B. loxozonus, Postlepidapedon secundum from Choerodon graphicus and Lepidapedoides angustus from Epinephelus fasciatus.
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Hypocreadium toombo Bray & Justine, 2006 (original description)
New Caledonia for Hypocreadium toombo Bray & Justine, 2006
New Caledonia for Intusatrium robustum Durio & Manter, 1968
New Caledonia for Lepidapedoides angustus Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1996
New Caledonia for Lobatocreadium exiguum (Manter, 1963) Madhavi, 1972
New Caledonia for Postlepidapedon secundum (Durio & Manter, 1968) Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997
New Caledonia for Intusatrium robustum Durio & Manter, 1968
New Caledonia for Lepidapedoides angustus Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1996
New Caledonia for Lobatocreadium exiguum (Manter, 1963) Madhavi, 1972
New Caledonia for Postlepidapedon secundum (Durio & Manter, 1968) Bray, Cribb & Barker, 1997