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Issue: Vol. 2027 No. 1: 4 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2027.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Hurleytrematoides justinei n. sp. (Digenea: Monorchiidae) from Valentinni’s sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia

School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Platyhelminthes Monorchiidae Digenea Hurleytrematoides Hurleytrematoides justinei n. sp. Canthigaster valentine Tetraodontidae Valentinni’s sharpnose puffer Australia Heron Island Great Barrier Reef

Abstract

A new species, Hurleytrematoides justinei n. sp., is described from Valentinni’s sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini, from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. It is characterized within the genus by a sinistral genital pore opening anterior to the posterior margin of the ventral sucker, a spiny ejaculatory duct ranging from 34 to 61 µm in length, and vitelline follicles extending from about the anterior margin of the testis to the posterior margin of the ventral sucker. Monorchiids are rare in the tetraodontids. This is the third species reported from the family and the first from the genus Canthigaster.

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