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Species Prochristianella aciculata Beveridge & Justine, 2010

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Described from New Caledonia, but now known from Australian waters and waters around Borneo; in Australia: off Wessel Islands, Northern Territory; off Nickol Bay, Western Australia; off Weipa and Wynnum, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Maculabatis cf. astra Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008 [DASYATIDAE] Black-spotted whipray; Himantura astra Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski [DASYATIDAE] Blackspotted Whipray (definitive host); Hemitrygon fluviorum Ogilby, 1908 [DASYATIDAE] Estuary stingray; Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] Reticulate Whipray ("sensu Naylor et al. 2012"; definitive host); Rhynchobatus sp. [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Wedgefish (host originally recorded as Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål, 1775, but this name now applies to a species found only in the Western Indian Ocean; re-examination of host material is needed to determine its new name; definitive host); Himantura toshi Whitley [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] (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
06-Feb-2014 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
09-Oct-2012 ADDED