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Species Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1802

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: cosmopolitan.


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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Blacktip Reef Shark (definitive host); Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Common Blacktip Shark (definitive host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector, 1871) [MERLUCCIIDAE] Blue Grenadier (intermediate host); Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [CORYPHAENIDAE] Mahi Mahi (intermediate host); Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 [XIPHIIDAE] Swordfish (intermediate host)).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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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 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
14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED