Exploiting mimicry: Prosorhynchoides thomasi n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the fang blenny genus Plagiotremus (Bleeker) (Blenniidae) from off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1514 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASHLEY ROBERTS-THOMSON ◽  
NATHAN J. BOTT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
First Report ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
A New Species

Prosorhynchoides thomasi n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) is described from the intestine of the fang blennies, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma and P. rhinorhynchos (Blenniidae: Nemophini) from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.  The new species is differentiated from other species of Prosorhynchoides Dollfus, 1929 that also have testes which are symmetrical or nearly symmetrical by the shape and direction of the caecum and the position of the ovary relative to the caecum.  This is the first report of a new species, but the second report of adult bucephalids from Plagiotremus spp.  Prosorhynchoides thomasi n. sp. likely exploits the habit of Plagiotremus spp. of mimicking cleaner wrasse (Labridae) behaviour and micropredation on ‘client’ fish.  We have not encountered this species from other blennies or from other teleost families known to be infected with bucephalids from the Great Barrier Reef

A new species of Stephanostomum Looss, 1899 (Digenea, Acanthocolpidae) with a bizarre oral sucker: S. adlardi sp. nov. from the common coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Bray ◽  
Thomas Cribb ◽  
Andrea Waeschenbach ◽  
D. Littlewood
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Oral Sucker ◽  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Coral Trout ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
The Common ◽  
Plectropomus Leopardus ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of Acanthocolpidae, Stephanostomum adlardi is described from the serranid Plectropomus leopardus from Lizard Island in the northern Great Barrier Reef. It differs from all previously described acanthocolpids in the structure of the oral sucker which is extended into dorsal and ventral lobes each bearing a row of spines. A phylogenetic tree estimated from combined nuclear small and partial large ribosomal RNA gene sequences shows that, despite the unusual oral sucker structure, the species is a true member of the genus Stephanostomum. The molecular results also suggest that Monostephanostomum nolani is derived from within Stephanostomum.

scholarly journals Ischyroceridae

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2260 (1) ◽  
pp. 463-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEAN JUST
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
A New Species

Eight species in the Ischyroceridae are reported from Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Five species are new to science: Coxischyrocerus rhombocoxus gen. et sp. nov., Tropischyrocerus pugilus gen. et sp. nov., Cerapus nudus sp. nov., Ericthonius parabrasiliensis sp. nov., and Ericthonius tropicalis sp. nov. Ericthonius pugnax Dana is new to the Great Barrier Reef. Ambicholestes magellani (Just) and Cerapus volucola Lowry & Berents have been recorded previously from the area. A single specimen, possibly a new species, is reported as Ericthonius sp. Ischyrocerus inexpectatus Ruffo (Mediterranean Sea) is transferred to Coxischyrocerus. Ischyrocerus socia (Myers) from Bora Bora is transferred to Tropischyrocerus.

Gorgocephalus yaaji n. sp. (Digenea: Gorgocephalidae) from the brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef and further records of G . kyphosi

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1068 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
RODNEY A. BRAY ◽  
THOMAS H. CRIBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Ventral Sucker ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
Kyphosus Vaigiensis ◽  
A New Species

A new species Gorgocephalus yaaji is described in the intestine of Kyphosus vaigiensis from the waters off Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. It differs from Gorgocephalus kyphosi by its broader body shape, the extension of the vitellarium into the forebody, a relatively longer forebody, cirrus-sac and post-caecal region, and a shorter distance between the ventral sucker and the ovary. It differs from Gorgocephalus manteri in its size, its tandem testes, and the ratios of width, ventral sucker to ovary distance and ovary to testes distance to body-length. Gorgocephalus kyphosi is reported in the pyloric caeca of K. vaigiensis from waters off Moorea, French Polynesia, and Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. Measurements and an illustration are given of the latter species.

A new species of pontoniine shrimp genus Philarius Holthuis, 1952 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3182 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
IVAN MARIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
A New Species

A new species of coral-associated pontoniine shrimp, Philarius condi sp. nov., is described from Lizard Island, the GreatBarrier Reef of Australia. The new species can be clearly separated from the congeners by long fingers of chelipeds, whichare equal to the length of palm, and its unique ecological niche—living at the base of branches of stout-branched acroporidcorals such as Acropora monticulosa and A. gemmifera strongly influenced by waves in high energy ecosystems of reef slopes.

scholarly journals Helmutneris vadum, a new species of Lumbrineridae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4877 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-421
Author(s):  
POLINA BORISOVA ◽  
NATALIYA BUDAEVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
16S Rdna ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Lumbrineridae, Helmutneris vadum n. sp., is described from shallow waters near Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. The new species differs from two other known species of Helmutneris by having bidentate maxillae III and no ventral limbate chaetae. Sequences of the fragments of COI and 16S rDNA for two specimens including the holotype are deposited in GenBank. A key for three species of Helmutneris known to date is provided.

A New Species of Gnathiid (Crustacea: Isopoda) Parasitizing Teleosts from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

2009 ◽  
Vol 95 (5) ◽  
pp. 1066-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryke L. Ferreira ◽  
Nico J. Smit ◽  
Alexandra S. Grutter ◽  
Angela J. Davies
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
A New Species

Revision of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (Digenea: Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of a new species from an acanthurid fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1071 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHRYN A. HALL ◽  
THOMAS H. CRIBB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Seminal Vesicle ◽  
Generic Diagnosis ◽  
Western Pacific Ocean ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Lizard Island ◽  
One New Species ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
A New Species

We describe one new species of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 from the intestine of an acanthurid fish of the Great Barrier Reef. Telotrema brevicaudatum n. sp. is described from 2 mature specimens from the yellowfin surgeonfish, Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835 (Acanthuridae), from waters off Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. This species is distinguished from the typespecies, Telotrema caudatum Ozaki, 1933, by the smaller excretory papilla, the massive pars prostatica, the unipartite, globular seminal vesicle, and the intertesticular position of the ovary. The proposal of a new species of Telotrema necessitates re-examination of the generic diagnosis, and the genus is here redefined in light of the morphology of T. brevicaudatum. Telotrema is distinguished from Gyliauchen Nicoll, 1915 by the possession of a ventral sucker which is larger than the pharynx, a straight or sigmoid oesophagus, an extensive and dense vitellarium, and a distinct excretory papilla. We here recognise 3 species and distinguish them in a key. The biogeographical range for species of Telotrema now includes acanthurid and pomacentrid fishes of the western Pacific Ocean.

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