Multitestis Manter 1931 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in ephippid and chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes) in the south-western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean off Western Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2427, 2010, Pages 36-46

  Bray, Rodney A ^a   Cribb, Thomas H ^b   Justine, Jean Lou ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d Aquarium des Lagons   (United States)

Author keywords

Coradion; Digenea; Great Barrier Reef; Lepocreadiidae; Multitestis; Multitestis coradioni n. sp.; Multitestis paramagnacetabulum n. sp.; New Caledonia; Ningaloo Reef; Platax

Indexed keywords

CHAETODONTIDAE; CORADION; CORADION CHRYSOZONUS; EPHIPPIDAE; LEPOCREADIIDAE; MULTITESTIS; MULTITESTIS PYRIFORMIS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; PLATAX; PLATAX ORBICULARIS; PLATAX PINNATUS; PLATAX TEIRA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77953966846     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2427.1.4     Document Type: Article

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