Species Psettarium nolani (Bray, Cribb & Littlewood, 2012) Yong, Cutmore, Bray, Miller, Semarariana, Palm & Cribb, 2016

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sasala nolani Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2012. Sasala nolani gen. n., sp. n. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the body-cavity of the guineafowl puffer fish Arothron meleagris (Lacepède) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from off Moorea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 3334: 29–41.

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHNP HEL236, off Northern Moorea, French Polynesia [17°30'S, 149°50'W].
  Paratype(s) MNHNP HEL237–247, same data as Holotype; QM G231091–231904, same data as Holotype; BMNH 2003.1.17.1–2003.1.17.8, same data as Holotype; BMNH 2003.1.17.1–2003.1.17.8, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) [TETRAODONTIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Psettarium nolani (Bray, Cribb & Littlewood, 2012). —
  Yong, R.Q.-Y., Cutmore, S.C. Bray, R., Miller, T., Semarariana, I., Palm, H. & Cribb, T.H. 2016. Three new species of blood flukes (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) infecting pufferfishes (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) from off Bali, Indonesia. Parasitology International 65(5): 432-443

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Arothron meleagris (Anonymous, 1798) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Guineafowl puffer), parasitic (host(s): Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Stars-and-stripes puffer), parasitic (host(s): Arothron manilensis (de Procé, 1822) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Narrow-lined puffer), parasitic (host(s): Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Starry puffer).

Associated Fauna References

Bray, R.A., Cribb, T.H. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2012. Sasala nolani gen. n., sp. n. (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the body-cavity of the guineafowl puffer fish Arothron meleagris (Lacepède) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from off Moorea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 3334: 29–41 (Arothron meleagris)

Yong, R.Q-Y., Cutmore, S.C., Jones, M.K., Gauthier, A.R.G. & Cribb, T.H. 2018. A complex of the blood fluke genus Psettarium (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) infecting tetraodontiform fishes of east Queensland waters. Parasitology International 67: 321–340 [Date published 19/12/2017] (Arothron manilensis; Arothron stellatus; Arothron hispidus)

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