WoRMS taxon details
Gorgocephalus yaaji Bray & Cribb, 2005
396279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396279)
accepted
Species
marine
Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H. (2005). Gorgocephalus yaaji n.sp. (Digenea: Gorgocephilidae) from the brassy chubb Kyphosus vaigiensis (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, and further records of G. kyphosi. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1068 : 39-46.
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Type locality contained in Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef
type locality contained in Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef [details]
WoRMS (2025). Gorgocephalus yaaji Bray & Cribb, 2005. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396279 on 2025-03-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H. (2005). Gorgocephalus yaaji n.sp. (Digenea: Gorgocephilidae) from the brassy chubb Kyphosus vaigiensis (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, and further records of G. kyphosi. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1068 : 39-46.
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): 40 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Huston, D. C.; Cutmore, S. C.; Miller, T. L.; Sasal, P.; Smit, N. J.; Cribb, T. H. (2021). Gorgocephalidae (Digenea: Lepocreadioidea) in the Indo-West Pacific: new species, life-cycle data and perspectives on species delineation over geographic range. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab002 [details]
Other
additional source
Huston, D. C.; Cutmore, S. C.; Cribb, T. H. (2016). The life-cycle of Gorgocephalus yaaji Bray & Cribb, 2005 (Digenea: Gorgocephalidae) with a review of the first intermediate hosts for the superfamily Lepocreadioidea Odhner, 1905. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 93(7): 653-665., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9655-7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
