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Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species

Rodney A. Bray Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, England
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Thomas H. Cribb Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, England; CSIRO, Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, P.O. Box 84, Lyneham, A.C.T., 2602, Australia
Pages 429-473 | Accepted 15 Jul 1988, Published online: 13 Feb 2007
 
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Abstract

The following Digenea are described, recorded or figured from Heron Island and Fairfax Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, northeastern Australia. Opegaster ditrematis from Apogon sp., Allopodocotyle epinepheli from Epinephelus quoyanus, Podocotyloides stenometra from Chaetodon rainfordi and C. plebius, Cainocreadium epinepheli from E. quoyanus and E. merra, Pacificreadium serrani (syn: Hamacreadium ghardagense) from Plectropomus leopardus, Hamacreadium mutabile (with 10 new synonyms) from Lutjanus amabilis, Helicometra fasciata from E. fasciata and E. merra, Macvicaria macassarensis n. comb. from Lethrinus chrysostomus, M. heronensis sp. nov. from L. chrysostomus and Gymnocranius bitorquatus, Pseudoplagioporus interruptus from L. chrysostomus, Orthodena tropica from L. chrysostomus, Propycnadenoides philippinensis (syn: Labrifer gymnocrani) from G. bitorquatus, Neochoanostoma avidabira gen, et sp. nov. from G. bitorquatus, N. bariadiva sp. nov. from G. bitorquatus. Plagioporus japonica is transferred to Macvicaria as a new combination. A key to the opecoelids from the southern Great Barrier Reef is given.

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