Table 2.
Comparative measurements (in micrometers) of haptoral sclerites by host and locality of specimens identified herein as Haliotrema cf. dempsteri.
| Host |
Prionurus microlepidotus
|
Zanclus cornutus
|
Zanclus cornutus
|
Acanthurus xanthopterus
|
Acanthurus mata
|
Acanthurus dussumieri
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locality |
Moreton Bay, Australia |
Western Pacific Ocean |
Hawaii, USA |
Palmyra Atoll, USA |
Hawaii, USA |
Heron Island, Australia |
| Reference |
[ex nobis] |
[60] |
[92]* |
[85] |
[92] |
[95] |
| Museum Numbers** | QM G241021-024; USNM 1693013-016; HWML 217028; AM W54757 | USNM 1355798 | USNM 1359349, 1359361 | USNM 1459846 | USNM 1356988 | USNM 1356989 |
| Ventral anchor | ||||||
| Length | 58–64 (62; n = 4) | 36–37 (n = 2) | 35–39 (37; n = 10) | 52–53 (n = 1) | 69–70 (n = 1) | 66–92 (75; n = 3) |
| Dorsal anchor | ||||||
| Length | 64–70 (68; n = 4) | 38–42 (40; n = 2) | 38–43 (41; n = 11) | 60–61 (n = 1) | 81–82 (n = 1) | 67–114 (90; n = 2) |
| Ventral bar | ||||||
| Length | 84–90 (87; n = 4) | 45–49 (47; n = 2) | 44–48 (46; n = 9) | 61–62 (n = 1) | 67–68 (n = 1) | 77–80 (79; n = 2) |
| Dorsal bar | ||||||
| Length | 69–74 (72; n = 4) | 40–43 (42; n = 2) | 39–46 (43; n = 11) | 47–48 (n = 1) | 59–60 (n = 1) | 66–76 (71; n = 3) |
| Hook | ||||||
| Length | 13–15 (14; n = 8) | 11–12 (n = 2) | 11–13 (12; n = 10) | 14–15 (n = 1) | 13–14 (n = 1) | 12–15 (14; n = 3) |
*Helminth specimens reported by Yamaguti [91] from Hawaii were originally described as Haliotrema zancli Yamaguti, 1968, but considered herein to represent a junior subjective synonym of H. dempsteri.
**QM = Queensland Museum; USNM = Smithsonian Institution, Invertebrate Zoology Collection; HWML = Harold W. Manter Laboratory; AM = Australian Museum.