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Species Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Sri Lanka


drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, N coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) [DASYATIDAE] Jenkins’ Whipray (definitive host); Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906 [DASYATIDAE] Pink Whipray (definitive host); Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) [DASYATIDAE] Smooth Sting Ray (definitive host); Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 [UROLOPHIDAE] Sparsely Spotted Stingaree (definitive host); Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954 [UROLOPHIDAE] Spotted Stingaree (definitive host)).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2023 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022 TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
CESTODA 04-Feb-2014 ADDED