Heteromicrocotyla australiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mazocraeidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Monogenea Subclassis: Polyopisthocotylea Ordo: Mazocraeidea

Familia: Heteromicrocotylidae
Genus: Heteromicrocotyla
Species: Heteromicrocotyla australiensis

Name

Heteromicrocotyla australiensis Rohde, 1977

• Type-host: Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Carangidae, Perciformes, Teleostei) (designated as Carangoides emburyi)
• Other host: Carangoides gymnostethus
• Type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
• Other localities: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia; off Nouméa, New Caledonia
• Habitat: gills

References

Primary references

• Rohde, K. 1977: Habitat partitioning in Monogenea of marine fishes. Heteromicrocotyla australiensis, sp. nov. and Heteromicrocotyloides mirabilis, gen. and sp. nov. (Heteromicrocotylidae) on the gills of Carangoides emburyi (Carangidae) on the Great Barrier Reef. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, 53, 171-182. DOI: 10.1007/BF00380462
• Lester, R.J.G. & Sewell, K.B. 1989: Checklist of parasites from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology, 37, 101–128. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9890101
• Barton, D.P., Beaufrère, C., Justine, J.-L. & Whittington, I. D. 2009. Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans from carangid fishes off Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia, with a description of Heteromicrocotyloides megaspinosus sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica 54: 205-217. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0038-y Reference page. 

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