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Bott, N. J.; Miller, T. L.; Cribb, T. H. (2013). Bucephalidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of Plectropomus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in the tropical Pacific. Parasitology Research. 112(7): 2561-2584.
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Bott, N. J.; Miller, T. L.; Cribb, T. H.
2013
Bucephalidae (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) of Plectropomus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae) in the tropical Pacific
Parasitology Research
112(7): 2561-2584
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We examined four species of Plectropomus Oken, 1817 (Serranidae: Epinephelinae), Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell), Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède), Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède) and Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch) from sites off Heron Island and Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (GBR), and the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Three new species of Neidhartia Nagaty, 1937, five new species of Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905, and one previously described species, Prosorhynchus freitasi Nagaty, 1937, are characterised. The three species of Neidhartia, Neidhartia haywardi n. sp., Neidhartia plectropomi n. sp. and Neidhartia tyleri n. sp. are readily distinguishable morphologically. Two of the six species of Prosorhynchus (Prosorhynchus lesteri n. sp. and Prosorhynchus wrightae n. sp.) are easily distinguished from their other congeners by morphology but the other four species (P. freitasi, Prosorhynchus heronensis n. sp., Prosorhynchus munozae n. sp. and Prosorhynchus plectropomi n. sp.) are generally similar in morphology and were only distinguished initially by comparing their ITS2 rRNA sequences. Three additional taxa, one from the GBR and two from French Polynesia, were recognised as distinct on the basis that their ITS2 rRNA sequences differed from those of the new taxa described here; these species remain unnamed for the present. Inter-specific divergence observed within these genera in the ITS2 rRNA ranged from 10 to 42 base pairs (4-16 %) for species of Neidhartia and 2-57 base pairs (3-21 %) for species of Prosorhynchus. Inter-generic divergences were 42-55 base pairs (17-21 %). No intraspecific variation in the ITS2 rRNA region was observed for any of the six species for which multiple sequence replicates were obtained. Phylogenetic analysis of 12 operational taxa from Plectropomus together with sequences of three other species from epinepheline serranids demonstrated that Neidhartia and Prosorhynchus were reciprocally monophyletic with the exception that P. wrightae n. sp. fell either within or basal to the Neidhartia species. The richness of bucephalids in species of Plectropomus appears to be exceptional within the Serranidae relative to that observed in other serranid genera in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.
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French Polynesian part of the South Pacific Ocean for Prosorhynchus freitasi Nagaty, 1937 
Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) for Prosorhynchus freitasi Nagaty, 1937 
Gambier Islands (French Polynesia) for Prosorhynchus wrightae Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Neidhartia haywardi Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Neidhartia plectropomi Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Neidhartia tyleri Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus freitasi Nagaty, 1937 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus heronensis Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus jexi Bott & Cribb, 2009 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus lesteri Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus munozae Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus plectropomi Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Heron Reef for Prosorhynchus wrightae Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Neidhartia haywardi Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Neidhartia tyleri Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus conorjonesi Bott & Cribb, 2009 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus freitasi Nagaty, 1937 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus lesteri Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus plectropomi Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus robertsthomsoni Bott & Cribb, 2009 
Torres Strait Northern Great Barrier Reef for Prosorhynchus wrightae Bott, Miller & Cribb, 2013