page_title: Pseudorhabdosynochus melanesiensis
section_title: Hosts and localities
hierarchical_section_title: Pseudorhabdosynochus melanesiensis / Hosts and localities
caption_attribution_description: English: Epinephelus merra (Serranidae, Epinephelinae). Locality: near Récif Toombo, off Nouméa, New Caledonia, coordinates 22°33'S, 166°28'E, depth 20 metres. Fork Length 203 mm, Weight 110 grams, date 2009-09-16.
context_page_description: Pseudorhabdosynochus melanesiensis is a diplectanid monogenean parasitic on the gills of the grouper,
  Epinephelus merra. It was described in 1958 as Diplectanum melanesiensis then transferred to the genus Pseudorhabdosynochus by Kritsky & Beverley-Burton in 1986.
context_section_description: The type-locality is off Anatom, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and the species was also described  from specimens collected off Fiji.  The type-host is the honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra. The species has also been recorded from New Caledonia in the same host fish.
caption: The  honeycomb grouper, Epinephelus merra, is the type-host of Pseudorhabdosynochus melanesiensis
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