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Description and redescription of Haliotrema species (Monogenoidea: Poloyonchoinea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing butterfly fishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean

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Haliotrema species are described and/or reported from the gills of butterfly fishes (Chaetodontidae) from coral reefs of the Indo-West Pacific islands: Moorea (French Polynesia), Palau (Micronesia), Wallis (Wallis and Futuna), New Caledonia, Lizard Island and Heron Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia). Haliotrema angelopterum sp. nov., a new species of Monogenoidea parasite from seven species of Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 (Chaetodontidae), is described. A new redescription and statute are given for Haliotrema aurigae (Yamaguti, 1968) comb. nov., a parasite from ten species of Chaetodon and one species of Heniochus Cuvier, 1816 (Chaetodontidae). New records of Haliotrema scyphovagina Yamaguti, 1968 are reported from two localities and from several host species belonging to the genera Chaetodon and Forcipiger Jordan and McGregor, 1898 (Chaetodontidae).

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Prof. Delane Kritsky, University of Pocatello, USA for his help during the identification and description of the parasites. The majority of collections were supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to Thomas Cribb, University of Queensland, Australia. Host and parasite specimens from Wallis were kindly provided by Pierre Sasal, Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, Perpignan, France. We are indebted to the following people for collecting chaetodontid fishes in the different locations: Tom Cribb, Rod Bray, Scott Burge, Clinton Chambers, Elizabeth Faliex, Rene Galzin, Edouard Jobet, Michel Kulbicki, Tim Littlewood, Cedrik Lo, Matt Nolan, Peter Olson, Sylvie Pichelin, Serge Planes, Mark Rigby, Pierre Sasal, and Trudy Wright. Vincent Rousset gave useful comments on a pre-submission version of the manuscript. Many thanks to Jean-René Pagès for his help with the illustrations. Laetitia Plaisance was funded by La Fondation des Treilles.

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  1. UMR 5555 CNRS-UP, Parasitologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, CBTEM, Université, 52 Av. Paul Alduy, 66860, Perpignan , Cedex, France

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  2. Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, 34988 , Montferrier-sur-Lez, Cedex, France

    Salah Bouamer & Serge Morand

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Plaisance, L., Bouamer, S. & Morand, S. Description and redescription of Haliotrema species (Monogenoidea: Poloyonchoinea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing butterfly fishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Parasitol Res 93, 72–78 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-004-1094-8

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