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.

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