Neohaliotrema bombini Lim & Gibson, 2010

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 : 9

Neohaliotrema bombini Lim & Gibson, 2010

Type host.

Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard) ( Pomacentridae ).

Other host and localities.

Abudefduf vaigiensis from Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia ( Lim and Gibson 2010) ( Pomacentridae ).

Current host.

Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier) (New host) and Abudefduf sordidus ( Forsskål) ( Pomacentridae ) (New host).

Site infection.

Gills.

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 546 (paratypes) (1 slide, 1 specimen) (for A. septemfasciatus ), CHCM No. 547 (paratypes) (1 slide, 1 specimen) (for A. sordidus ), USNM No. 1459851 (voucher) (1 slide, 1 specimen) (for A. sordidus ).

Prevalence and mean intensity.

25 and 4 ± 2 (n=12) to A. septemfasciatus and 27,8 and 138 ± 97 (n = 18) to A. sordidus .

Remarks.

This species can be distinguished from other members in the genus by having an inconspicuously sclerotised MCO, consisting of a simple, curved, short tube with a large initial part and simple, bifid stick-like accessory piece. This species also has V-shaped bars with processes, ‘marginal’ hooks of different sizes, anchors with a spatulate, recurved and grooved point, and a non-fenestrated haptor. The presence of N. bombini in A. septemfasciatus and A. sordidus off Palmyra Atoll represents both new hosts and geographical records for this species.