Bray, R. A.; Cribb, T. H. (1989). Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species. Journal of Natural History. 23(2): 429-473.
Digeneans of the family Opecoelidae Ozaki, 1925 from the southern Great Barrier Reef, including a new genus and three new species
Journal of Natural History
23(2): 429-473
Publication
The following Digenea are described, recorded or figured from Heron Island and Fairfax Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, northeastern Australia. Opegaster ditrematis from Apogon sp., Allopodocotyle epinepheli from Epinephelus quoyanus, Podocotyloides stenometra from Chaetodon rainfordi and C. plebius, Cainocreadium epinepheli from E. quoyanus and E. merra, Pacificreadium serrani (syn: Hamacreadium ghardagense) from Plectropomus leopardus, Hamacreadium mutabile (with 10 new synonyms) from Lutjanus amabilis, Helicometra fasciata from E. fasciata and E. merra, Macvicaria macassarensis n. comb. from Lethrinus chrysostomus, M. heronensis sp. nov. from L. chrysostomus and Gymnocranius bitorquatus, Pseudoplagioporus interruptus from L. chrysostomus, Orthodena tropica from L. chrysostomus, Propycnadenoides philippinensis (syn: Labrifer gymnocrani) from G. bitorquatus, Neochoanostoma avidabira gen, et sp. nov. from G. bitorquatus, N. bariadiva sp. nov. from G. bitorquatus. Plagioporus japonica is transferred to Macvicaria as a new combination. A key to the opecoelids from the southern Great Barrier Reef is given.
