title: Two new species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899) from Great Barrier Reef fishes.
abstract: Two new species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 are described from the urinary bladder of fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. Phyllodistomum hoggettae n. sp. is described from Plectropomus leopardus (leopard coralgrouper) (Serranidae) and P. vaili n. sp. is described from Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (yellowfin goatfish) and M. flavolineatus (yellowstripe goatfish) (Mullidae). These species are compared with 26 previously described marine Phyllodistomum species and found to be distinct in combinations of body shape, sucker ratio and shape of the gonads. Preliminary molecular data also demonstrate that they are distinct from each other and for those other species for which data are available.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072 Australia.; Email: hei.ho@uqconnect.edu.au.
authors.forename: Hei Wa
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.; Email: rod.bray@adslmaster.com.
authors.forename: Rodney A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072 Australia.; Email: scott.cutmore@uqconnect.edu.au.
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cutmore
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: selinaward@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Selina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, 4072 Australia.; Email: t.cribb@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Cribb
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D058507:Host Specificity; D010473:Perciformes; D014200:Trematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000469:parasitology