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Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group

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Four species of the genus Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 are described from Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. They are: Lepidapedoides angustus n. sp. in Epinephelus fasciatus (type-host), E. cyanopodus, E. merra, E. quoyanus, E. ongus, Cephalopholis miniata and Diploprion bifasciatum; L. dollfusi (Durio & Manter, 1968) n. comb. [originally Neolepidapedon] in Epinephelus cyanopodus; L. ovale (Yamaguti, 1942) n. comb. [originally Pseudocreadium] in Caesio cuning and Pterocaesio marri; and L. parvulus n. sp. in Pterocaesio marri (type-host) and Caesio cuning. Host and distribution information on the species of the genus are tabulated according to morphological group. Mycterobonacinus Nasir & Gomez, 1977 is considered synonymous with Lepidapedoides, and M. magnifus is considered a synonym of L. nicolli.

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  1. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK

    Rodney A. Bray

  2. Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Thomas H. Cribb

  3. Department of Parasitology, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Stephen C. Barker

  4. Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, The University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. Four species of Lepidapedoides Yamaguti, 1970 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from fishes of the southern Great Barrier Reef, with a tabulation of host-parasite data on the group. Syst Parasitol 34, 179–195 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00009386

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