Stephanostomum spp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) from scombrids and carangids (Perciformes) from the Great Barrier Reef, with the description of two new species

Abstract

TWO NEW SPECIES AND 4 STEPHANOSTOMUM SPP. AS NEW HOST AND/OR LOCALITY RECORDS FROM PERCIFOMES FROM THE GREAT BARRIER REEF ARE DESCRIBED: STEPHANOSTOMUM LAMOTHEI N. SP. FROM GRAMMATORCYNUS BILINEATUS (TYPE-HOST) AND G. BICARINATUS, LIZARD ISLAND AND SWAIN REEFS, IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS 50-55 CIRCUM-ORAL SPINES AND >THAN 20% OF THE HINDBODY LENGTH LACKING VITELLINE FOLLICLES; STEPHANOSTOMUM TUPATUPA N. SP. FROM CARANX PAPUENSIS, LIZARD ISLAND, IS CHARACTERISED BY ITS 34-36 CIRCUM-ORAL SPINES AND <8% OF THE HINDBODY LENGTH LACKING VITELLINE FOLLICLES; STEPHANOSTOMUM DITREMATIS (YAMAGUTI, 1939) IS REPORTED FROM GNATHANODON SPECIOSUS, HERON ISLAND AND LIZARD ISLAND; STEPHANOSTOMUM HAWAIIENSE YAMAGUTI, 1970 AND STEPHANOSTOMUM CARANGI LIU, 1998 ARE REPORTED FROM CARANGOIDES FULVOGUTTATUS, LIZARD ISLAND; STEPHANOSTOMUM NYOOMWA BRAY AND CRIBB, 2003 IS REPORTED FROM CARANX SEXFASCIATUS, LIZARD ISLAND.