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Jennings KA, Newman LJ (1996) Four new stylochid flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) associated with commercial oysters from Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44(2):493-508 |
Abstract / Notes
Four new species of stylochid flatworms, Imogine kimae, Imogine mcgrathi, Imogine meganae and Imogine pardalotus are described from Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland. These new species differ from other closely related stylochids in their colour pattern, size, eye arrangement and details of the male reproductive anatomy. Three of these species, L. kimae, L. meganae and L. pardalotus were found to be associated with the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850). Only L. mcgrathi, was observed to directly feed on oyster tissue in the laboratory and thus could pose a threat to the oyster industry in southeast Queensland.
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