Multitestis magnacetabulum Mamaev, 1970

Bray, Rodney A., Cribb, Thomas H. & Justine, Jean-Lou, 2010, Multitestis Manter 1931 (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) in ephippid and chaetodontid fishes (Perciformes) in the south-western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean off Western Australia, Zootaxa 2427, pp. 36-46 : 42

Multitestis magnacetabulum Mamaev, 1970

( Figs 7–8 )

New material. Host: Platax teira (Forsskål) , teira batfish ( Ephippidae ).

Site: Intestine.

Localities: Heron Island (23°29’S, 151°55'E, Feb. 2000), Nouméa Fish Market, New Caledonia (11/03/ 2009).

Prevalence: Heron Island 3 of 3 (including Bray & Cribb (2003) data); New Caledonia 1 of 2.

Voucher specimens: QM G 231062 – 231078, MNHN JNC 2872, BMNH 2010.2.10.6-18.

Discussion. Measurements are given in Table 2 . This species has previously been reported from Platax orbicularis and the ephippids, the orbfish Ephippus orbis (Bloch) from the Gulf of Tongking (Mamaev 1970) and Platax teira from Heron Island (Bray & Cribb 2003).

Figures

FIGURES 7 – 10. 7 – 8. Multitestis magnacetabulum Mamaev, 1970 ex Platax teira, Heron Island. 7. Ventral view, uterus in outline, vitellarium omitted. 8. Ventral view, vitellarium and outline of suckers only. 9 – 10. Multitestis paramagnacetabulum n. sp. ex Platax orbicularis, Ningaloo. 9. Ventral view of holotype, uterus in outline, vitellarium omitted. 10. Ventral view of holotype, vitellarium and outline of suckers only. Scale-bars: 7, 8, 500 µm; 9, 10, 200 µm.