Hamacreadium cribbi

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Hamacreadium cribbi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Opecoelidae
Genus: Hamacreadium
Species:
H. cribbi
Binomial name
Hamacreadium cribbi
Bray & Justine, 2016 [1]

Hamacreadium cribbi is a species of digenean, parasitic in the lethrinid fish Lethrinus miniatus . The species was collected off New Caledonia.

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Morphology

Hamacreadium cribbi is characterised by the size of its eggs which tend to be larger [72–93 (84) vs 54–81 (56) μm long] than those of other species of Hamacreadium . Other characteristics, such as body size and shape and internal ratios, differentiate H. cribbi from other species. [1]

Host

The sweetlip emperor, Lethrinus miniatus is the host of H. cribbi Lethrinus miniatus JNC2161.JPG
The sweetlip emperor, Lethrinus miniatus is the host of H. cribbi

The host of H. cribbi is the sweetlip emperor, Lethrinus miniatus. The worms were found in the digestive tract.

This species was reported from this host species in 2010 under the name Neolebouria sp. A. [2] The following species as hosts of Neolebouria sp. A: the Spotcheek Emperor Lethrinus rubrioperculatus ; the Pacific Yellowtail Emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni , the Drab Emperor Lethrinus ravus , and the Slender Emperor, Lethrinus variegatus . However, the description of H. cribbi [1] was based solely on the worms from L. miniatus, and worms from the other hosts may differ, possibly at the specific level.

Etymology

This species was named for "Tom Cribb of the University of Queensland, the pre-eminent digenean taxonomist of the Indo-Pacific Region". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bray, Rodney A.; Justine, Jean-Lou (2016). "Hamacreadium cribbi n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from Lethrinus miniatus (Forster) (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from New Caledonian waters". Systematic Parasitology. 93 (8): 761–770. doi:10.1007/s11230-016-9662-8. ISSN   0165-5752. PMC   5023753 . PMID   27638731. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G. A., Bray, R. A., Moravec, F. & Whittington, I. D. 2010: An annotated list of fish parasites (Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected from Emperors and Emperor Bream (Lethrinidae) in New Caledonia further highlights parasite biodiversity estimates on coral reef fish. Zootaxa, 2691, 1-40. Open-Access PDF Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg