Lilia Catherinne Soler-Jimenez Ma. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo John Mclaughlin Alejandra G. Jaramillo Jenny C. Shaw Anna James Ryan F. Hechinger Armand M. Kuris Kevin D. Lafferty Victor Manuel Vidal-Martinez 2017 <p>A survey of the monogeneans of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll detected 16 species already reported from the Indo-West Pacific faunal region. A total of 653 individual fish from 44 species were collected from the sand flats bordering the lagoon of the atoll. Eighteen species of fish were infected with monogeneans. The monogenean species recovered were:<i> Benedenia hawaiiensis </i>on<i> Acanthurus xanthopterus, Chaetodon auriga, Chaetodon lunula, Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus </i>and<i> Rhinecanthus aculeatus; Ancyrocephalus ornatus </i>on<i> Arothron hispidus; Euryhaliotrema annulocirrus </i>on<i> Chaetodon auriga </i>and<i> Chaetodon lunula; Euryhaliotrema chrysotaeniae </i>on<i> Lutjanus fulvus; Euryhaliotrema grandis </i>on<i> Chaetodon auriga </i>and<i> Chaetodon lunula; Haliotrema acanthuri on Acanthurus triostegus; Haliotrema aurigae </i>on<i> Chaetodon auriga and Chaetodon lunula; Haliotrema dempsteri </i>on<i> Acanthurus xanthopterus; Haliotrema minutospirale</i> on<i> Mulloidichthys flavolineatus; Haliotrematoides patellacirrus </i>on<i> Lutjanus monostigma; Neohaliotrema bombini </i>on<i> Abudefduf septemfasciatus </i>and<i> Abudefduf sordidus; Acleotrema girellae </i>and<i> Acleotrema parastromatei on Kyphosus cinerascens; Cemocotylella elongata </i>on<i> Caranx ignobilis, Caranx melampygus </i>and<i> Caranx papuensis; Metamicrocotyla macracantha </i>on<i> Crenimugil crenilabris; </i>and<i> Pseudopterinotrema albulae </i>on<i> Albula glossodonta.</i> All these monogenean–host combinations represent new geographical records. The monogenean species composition of the Palmyra Atoll is similar to that of the Hawaiian Islands. However, the number of species recovered was lower compared with other localities within the Indo-West Pacific, perhaps due to the geographical isolation of Palmyra Atoll.</p> application/pdf 10.3897/zookeys.713.14732 en PenSoft Monogenea of fishes from the lagoon flats of Palmyra Atoll in the Central Pacific article