Species Floriceps minacanthus Campbell & Beveridge, 1987
- Floriceps minacanthus Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 1987. Floriceps minacanthus sp.nov. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from Australian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 111: 189-194 [189].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC44035 Slide, Tathra, New South Wales.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC44036-AHC44037, AHC22650 Slides, Tathra, New South Wales; USNPC 79545-6, Tathra, NSW; SAMA AHC22651 Slide, Port Lincoln, South Australia.Type host:
Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) [CARCHARHINIDAE] (Parasite from spiral valve)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution: Pacific Ocean.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Epinephelus quoyanus (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) [SERRANIDAE] Long-finned Rockcod (intermediate host); Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1850) [SCOMBRIDAE] Mackerel Tuna (intermediate host); Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Rock Flathead (intermediate host); Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 [LAMNIDAE] Shortfin Mako (intermediate host); Sphyraena novaehollandiae Günther, 1860 [SPHYRAENIDAE] Snook (intermediate host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Bronze Whaler (definitive host); Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Pigeye Shark (definitive host)).
History of changes
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| 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 | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
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