Haliotrema acanthuri Yamaguti, 1968

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

Haliotrema acanthuri Yamaguti, 1968

Type host.

Acanthurus sandvicensis (= A. triostegus ) (Linnaeus) ( Acanthuridae ).

Other host and localities.

Yamaguti (1968) recorded Haliotrema acanthuri from Acanthurus sandvicensis (= A. triostegus ) in Hawai’i. It has also been found by Palm and Bray (2014) on A. triostegus also in Hawai’i (all Acanthuridae ).

Current host.

Acanthurus triostegus ( Acanthuridae ).

Site infection.

Gills.

Prevalence and mean intensity.

44 and 13 ± 17 (n=50).

Specimens deposited.

CHCM No. 548 (paratypes) (1 slide, 1 specimen), USNM No. 1459844 (voucher) (1 slide, 1 specimen).

Remarks.

This species is characterized by the morphology of its copulatory complex, which has a bell-shaped base and a short cylindrical shaft, from which arises a proper MCO, and a similar, solid, shorter spike projecting from the genital pore. New geographical record for Palmyra Atoll.