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Journal Article
Four new species of Paradiscogaster Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Faustulidae) from batfishes (Perciformes: Ephippidae) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
2017
Overview
Examination of three species of batfishes (Teleostei: Epphippidae) from off Lizard and Heron Islands on the Great Barrier Reef led to the discovery of specimens of the trematode genus
Paradiscogaster
Yamaguti, 1934 (Digenea: Faustulidae). Morphological analysis demonstrated that the new specimens represented four morphotypes which we interpret to be new species:
Paradiscogaster martini
n. sp.,
P
.
vichovae
n. sp. and
P
.
brayi
n. sp. from
Platax orbicularis
(Forsskål) and
P. pinnatus
(Linnaeus) off Lizard Island, and
P
.
nitschkei
n. sp. from
P. teira
(Forsskål) off Heron Island. Published material was re-examined and the specimens identified as
P. chaetodontis okinawensis
Yamaguti, 1971 from
P. pinnatus
from Okinawa, Japan, actually represent the new species
P
.
brayi
n. sp., demonstrating that some species of
Paradiscogaster
have wide geographical distributions. ITS2 rDNA data for the four morphotypes differ by 4–39 base pairs confirming the delineation of the four species proposed. A feature of this study is the recognition of
Platax
spp. as an important host group for
Paradiscogaster
, with the new species placing them as the second richest host group for these parasites after the Chaetodontidae.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V
