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Hunter, J. A., Hall, K. A.; Cribb, T. H. (2012). A complex of Transversotrematidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) associated with mullid fishes of the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the descriptions of four new species of Transversotrema. Zootaxa. 3266: 1-22.
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Hunter, J. A., Hall, K. A.; Cribb, T. H.
2012
A complex of Transversotrematidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) associated with mullid fishes of the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the descriptions of four new species of Transversotrema
Zootaxa
3266: 1-22
Publication
Phylogenetic analysis based on ribosomal DNA markers indicates that there is a discrete clade of species of Transversotrema
Witenberg, 1944 associated with mullid fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, although there is only one previous record
of transversotrematids from these fishes. Each of the species in this clade bears broad morphological similarity to previous
concepts of either Transversotrema haasi Witenberg, 1944 or Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970, yet none of them is
attributed here to either of these species. Four new species of Transversotrema are described from mullid fishes of the
tropical and sub-tropical Indo-West Pacific using a combination of morphology, morphometric analysis and DNA sequencing.
Transversotrema cabrarum n. sp. is described from Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker) from Ningaloo Reef (Australia),
and recorded from Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède), Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett) and Parupeneus
trifasciatus (Lacepède) from the same location. Transversotrema chevrarum n. sp. is described from Lizard Island (Great
Barrier Reef, Australia) from Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède), and further recorded from Parupeneus barberinus
(Lacepède), P. cyclostomus, Parupeneus indicus (Shaw), Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard) and P. trifasciatus
at the same location. Transversotrema cutmorei n. sp. is described from Upeneus tragula Richardson from Moreton Bay,
Australia. Transversotrema tragorum n. sp. is described from Parupeneus indicus from Lizard Island and recorded from
P. barberinus, P. ciliatus P. cyclostomus, P. multifasciatus and P. trifasciatus from the same location. An additional species,
also from mullids from Lizard Island, is delineated on the basis of molecular data, but not formally described. Like
many other transversotrematids, the species described here appear to have limited geographical distributions.
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Transversotrema cabrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema chevrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema cutmorei Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema tragorum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema chevrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema cutmorei Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Transversotrema tragorum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012 (original description)
Moreton Bay for Transversotrema cutmorei Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Ningaloo for Transversotrema cabrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Transversotrema chevrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Transversotrema tragorum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Ningaloo for Transversotrema cabrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Transversotrema chevrarum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Transversotrema tragorum Hunter, Hall & Cribb, 2012