Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Echinorhynchida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Acanthocephala Classis: Palaeacanthocephala Ordo: Echinorhynchida

Familia: Sauracanthorhynchidae
Genus: Sauracanthorhynchus
Species: Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola

Name

Sauracanthorhynchus sphenomorphicola Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus 2007: 7.

Holotype: USNPC 95786, ♂.

Allotype: USNPC 95786, ♀.

Type locality: Cloudy Mountains, Upaelisafupi Stream, 10° 30' S, 150° 14' E, 715 m elevation, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Host: BPBM 15617, Sphenomorphus granulatus (Squamata: Scincidae), collected on 9 April 2002.

Paratypes: (n = 9) USNPC 95787.

References

Primary references

• Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. & Kraus, F. 2007. New family, new genus, new species of Acanthocephala (Echinorhynchida) from the lizard, Sphenomorphus granulatus (Sauria: Scincidae), from Papua New Guinea. Open Parasitology Journal 1: 7–10. (PDF)