Haliotrema aurigae (Yamaguti, 1968) Plaisance, Bouamer & Morand, 2004

Vidal-Martinez, Victor Manuel, Soler-Jimenez, Lilia Catherinne, Aguirre-Macedo, Ma. Leopoldina, Mclaughlin, John, Jaramillo, Alejandra G., Shaw 2, Jenny C., James, Anna, Hechinger, Ryan F., Kuris, Armand M. & Lafferty, Kevin D., 2017, Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific, ZooKeys 713, pp. 1-23 : 6-7

Haliotrema aurigae (Yamaguti, 1968) Plaisance, Bouamer & Morand, 2004

Type host.

Chaetodon auriga ( Chaetodotidae ).

Other host and localities.

Chaetodon auriga from Hawai’i ( Yamaguti 1968). On C. auriga , C. citrinellus , C. vagabundus , C. ephippium , C. lunulatus , C. kleinii , C. lunula , C. ornatissimus , C. reticulatus , C. trifascialis and H. chrysostomus from several sites of the Indo-West Pacific Ocean (Palau Micronesia, Moorea French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, Heron Island and Lizard Island, Australia) ( Plaisance et al. 2004). Recently, this species was reported on C. auriga from off the Pratas Islands, South China Sea ( Kritsky et al. 2009) and Hawai’i ( Palm and Bray 2014) (all Chaetodotidae ).

Current host.

Chaetodon auriga and Chaetodon lunula ( Chaetodotidae ).

Site infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

30,8 and 61 ± 49 (n=13) to C. auriga and 35,7 and 66 ± 20 (n=14) to C. lunula .

Specimens deposited: CHCM No. 545 (paratypes) (1 slide, 3 specimens), USNM No. 1459845 (voucher) (1 slide, 6 specimen).

Remarks.

This species was described for the first time by Yamaguti (1968) as Pseudohaliotrematoides aurigae . In 2004, Plaisance et al. recorded this species from 10 species of Chaetodon and one species of Heniochus ( Chaetodontidae ), and transferred it to the genus Haliotrema as H. aurigae . Haliotrema aurigae presents a tubular MCO bent near base base; base trapezoid; filamentous accessory piece, elongated, serving as a guide for the distal portion of the MCO. Dorsal anchor base/shaft junction hinged, with elongate superficial root and short, deep root. Ventral anchor with short roots and broad, slightly fenestrated base. Dorsal bar straight, bone-shaped. Ventral bar rod-shaped, an inverted broad U. New geographical record for Palmyra Atoll.