A cryptic complex of Transversotrema species (Digenea: Transversotrematidae) on labroid, haemulid and lethrinid fishes in the Indo-West Pacific Region, including the description of three new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2652, 2010, Pages 17-32

  Hunter, J A ^a   Ingram, E ^a   Adlard, R D ^b   Bray, R A ^c   Cribb, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptic; Digenea; Great Barrier Reef; Ningaloo Reef; Transversotrema; Transversotrema elegans; Transversotrema gigantica; Transversotrema lacerta; Transversotrematidae; WA

Indexed keywords

HAEMULIDAE; LABRIDAE; LACERTA; LETHRINIDAE; PISCES; SCARIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRANSVERSOTREMA; TRANSVERSOTREMA HAASI; TRANSVERSOTREMATIDAE;

EID: 77958600481     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2652.1.2     Document Type: Article

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