Species Megalonchos shawae Caira, Reyda & Mega, 2007
- Megalonchos shawae Caira, J.N., Reyda, F.B. & Mega, J.D. 2007. A revision of Megalonchos Baer & Euzet, 1962 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae), with the description of two new species and transfer of two species to Biloculuncus Nasin, Caira & Euzet, 1997. Systematic Parasitology 67: 211-223 [218].
Type data:
Holotype QM G 227484, Arafura Sea, northeast of Wessel Islands, Northern Territory [137.03°E, 10.36°S].
Paratype(s) QM G 227485 - G227486, Arafura Sea north of Wessel Islands, Northern Territory [136.38°E, 10.44°S].Type host:
Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger) [HEMIGALEIDAE]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger) [HEMIGALEIDAE] Snaggletooth Shark).
General References
Cutmore, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bennett, M.B. & Beveridge, I. 2018. Tetraphyllidean and onchoproteocephalidean cestodes of elasmobranchs from Moreton Bay, Australia: description of two new species and new records for seven described species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 807-827
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) |
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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 | ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
25-Jan-2022 | ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
CESTODA | 28-Oct-2015 | ADDED |