Species Temnosewellia punctata Cannon & Sewell, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Temnosewellia punctata Cannon, L.R.G. & Sewell, K.B. 2001. A review of Temnosewellia (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) ectosymbionts of Cherax (Crustacea: Parastacidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 385-399.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL18857 (ex carapace Cherax cf. quinquecarinatus, from creek, coll. L. Cannon & K. Sewell, 23.i.1992, wholemount), Carbunup River, 2 km north of Carpunup, Western Australia, Australia [33°40.8'S 115°1.8'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GL18858-61 (ex carapace Cherax cf. quinquecarinatus, from creek, coll. L. Cannon & K. Sewell, 23.i.1992, wholemounts and longitudinal sections), Carbunup River, 2 km north of Carpunup, Western Australia, Australia [33°40.8'S 115°1.8'E].

  Type host:

   Cherax quinquecarinatus (Gray in Eyre, 1845) [PARASTACIDAE]

 

Introduction

Specimens of T. punctata were recovered from species of Cherax in southwestern Australia (Cannon & Sewell 2001).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southwestern Western Australia, Australia; ex carapace Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912 and Cherax cf. quinquecarinatus (Gray, 1845).

Australian Endemic.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectosymbiotic (host(s): Cherax tenuimanus (Smith, 1912) [PARASTACIDAE]).

 

General References

Cannon, L.R.G. & Sewell, K.B. 2001. A review of Temnosewellia (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) ectosymbionts of Cherax (Crustacea: Parastacidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 385-399

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Jun-2024	RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985	11-Jun-2024	MOVED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
20-May-2023	RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985	14-Apr-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (QM)
28-Sep-2022	RHABDITOPHORA Ehlers, 1985	24-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
17-Aug-2015	"TURBELLARIA"	18-Sep-2012	MOVED	Dr Kathryn Hall
		02-Aug-2012	ADDED