page_title: Laticola dae
section_title: Hosts and localities
hierarchical_section_title: Laticola dae / Hosts and localities
caption_attribution_description: English: Epinephelus maculatus. Locality: Récif Le Sournois, off Nouméa, New Caledonia. Fork Length 430 mm, Weight 924 grams. Date 2004/06/29
context_page_description: Laticola dae is a species of diplectanid monogenean. It is parasitic on the gills of the Highfin grouper, Epinephelus maculatus. It was described in 2006. The species is a member of the genus Laticola Yang, Kritsky, Sun, Zhang, Shi & Agrawal, 2006. More than 400 specimens of this parasite were studied for the description of the species, which was the most abundant monogenean species, representing about 50% of the specimens found on this fish.
context_section_description: The type-host and only recorded host of Laticola dae is the highfin grouper, Epinephelus maculatus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae). The type-locality and only recorded locality is the Barrier Reef off Nouméa, New Caledonia.
  This fish host, in the same locality, also harbours a series of species of the diplectanid genus Pseudorhabdosynochus, including P. auitoe, P. buitoe, P. cuitoe, P. duitoe, P. euitoe, P. fuitoe, P. guitoe, and P. huitoe, and two species of ancyrocephalid of the genus Haliotrema.
caption: The highfin grouper, Epinephelus maculatus is the type-host of Laticola dae
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