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Zoogonids (Trematoda) infecting Indo-West Pacific damselfishes (Pomacentridae), including the proposal of a new genus and two new species
Parasitology, Vol.152(4), pp.436-452
2025
PMID: 40152272
Abstract
As part of a broad survey of the trematodes of damselfishes (Pomacentridae) in the tropical Indo-West Pacific, zoogonids were collected from multiple localities in Australia, New Caledonia, and French Polynesia. All zoogonid specimens collected were consistent with the subfamily Lecithostaphylinae, and morphological and molecular data (ITS2 and 28S rDNA, and cox1 mtDNA) were generated for most host-locality combinations to enable an integrative species delimitation. The collection comprised three species: Deretrema stratiotes n. sp. from four species of Abudefduf Forsskål from Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, and two species consistent with the genus Lecithostaphylus Odhner, 1911 for which Innuptacola n. gen. is proposed based on phylogenetic and morphological distinction, the type-species I. gibsoni (Cribb, Bray & Barker, 1992) n. comb. (= L. gibsoni) from six species of Abudefduf in Ningaloo Reef, Queensland and New Caledonia, and I. torquata n. sp. from 12 pomacentrid species in Ningaloo Reef, the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, and the Gambier Islands in French Polynesia. The new collection demonstrates that some zoogonid species are geographically widespread (from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean) and can infect a broad range of hosts (multiple genera within a family), whereas others are apparently geographically restricted and exhibit higher host-specificity (fishes within a single genus).
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- Title
- Zoogonids (Trematoda) infecting Indo-West Pacific damselfishes (Pomacentridae), including the proposal of a new genus and two new species
- Authors/Creators
- Berilin Duong - The University of QueenslandStorm B Martin - Murdoch UniversityScott C Cutmore - The University of QueenslandThomas H Cribb - The University of Queensland
- Publication Details
- Parasitology, Vol.152(4), pp.436-452
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; CAMBRIDGE
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- Australian Academy of Science
We thank all colleagues, students and volunteers for collection and laboratory assistance, and staff at the Heron Island, Lizard Island, Moreton Bay and Coral Bay Research Stations for enabling field collection. We also thank the two anonymous reviewers for their feedback. This project contributes to the Taxonomy Australia (2020), a national initiative organized under the auspices of the Australian Academy of Science that brings together the taxonomic community to develop approaches that will significantly increase the rate at which new species are discovered, resolved and named, with a view to completely document the Australian biota within a generation.
- Identifiers
- 991005756535607891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s), 2025.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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