''Hamacreadium cribbi'' is a species of
digenea
Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. ...
n, parasitic in the
lethrinid fish ''
Lethrinus miniatus
''Lethrinus miniatus'', the sweetlip emperor, sweetlip swoose or trumpet emperor, is a fish of the family Lethrinidae. It can be found on coral reefs and moderately warm waters in the Western Pacific Ocean, although its primary habitat is the G ...
''. The species was collected off
New Caledonia
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Morphology
''H. cribbi'' is characterised by the size of its eggs which tend to be larger
2–93 (84) vs 54–81 (56) µm longthan those of other species of ''
Hamacreadium
''Hamacreadium'' is a genus of Trematoda, trematodes in the Family (biology), family Opecoelidae. It is synonymous with ''Olivacreadium'' Bilqees, 1976.Bilqees, F. M. (1976). ''Olivacreadium'' n. gen. (Trematoda: Opecoelidae) based on two new spe ...
''. Other characteristics, such as body size and shape and internal ratios, differentiate ''H. cribbi'' from other species.
Host
![Lethrinus miniatus JNC2161](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Lethrinus_miniatus_JNC2161.JPG)
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of ''H. cribbi'' is the
Sweetlip emperor, ''Lethrinus miniatus''. The worms were found in the digestive tract.
This species was reported from this host species in 2010 under the name ''Neolebouria ''sp. A.
[Justine, J.-L., Beveridge, I., Boxshall, G. A., Bray, R. A., Moravec, F. & Whittington, I. D. 2010: An annotated list of fish parasites (Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected from Emperors and Emperor Bream (Lethrinidae) in New Caledonia further highlights parasite biodiversity estimates on coral reef fish. Zootaxa, 2691, 1-40]
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The following species as hosts of ''Neolebouria ''sp. A: the Spotcheek Emperor ''
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus
''Lethrinus rubrioperculatus'', common names the spotcheek emperor, red-eared emperor, red-ears, red-edged emperor, scarlet-cheek emperor, and spot cheek emperor, is a species of emperor fish.
Description
This species grows to and is brown or o ...
''; the Pacific Yellowtail Emperor ''
Lethrinus atkinsoni
''Lethrinus atkinsoni'' is a species of emperor fish described by Alvin Seale in 1910. It is commonly 30 to 35 cm long with a bluish-grey, yellowish, or tan in colour, and a white belly. This species is widespread throughout the west Pacifi ...
'', the Drab Emperor ''
Lethrinus ravus'', and the Slender Emperor, ''
Lethrinus variegatus''. However, the description of ''H. cribbi''
was based solely on the worms from ''L. miniatus'', and worms from the other hosts may differ, possibly at the specific level.
Etymology
This species was named for "Tom Cribb of the
University of Queensland
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, the pre-eminent digenean taxonomist of the Indo-Pacific Region".
References
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Parasitic helminths of fish
Fauna of New Caledonia
Animals described in 2016