Species Prochristianella aciculata Beveridge & Justine, 2010
- Prochristianella aciculata Beveridge, I. & Justine, J.-L. 2010. Two new species of Prochristianella Dollfus, 1946 (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from the blue-spotted stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) off New Caledonia. Zoosystema 32: 643–652 [644].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP JNC 958, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Paratype(s) MNHP JNC 957-8, Nouméa, New Caledonia.Type host:
Neotrygon kuhlii Müller & Henle [DASYATIDAE]
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
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)).
General References
Beveridge, I 2018. Three new species of acotylean polyclads (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia, with the erection of a new genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 61: 143-153 [131, Figs 52-53]
Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Prochristianella Dollfus, 1946 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from elasmobranchs off Borneo and Australia, including new records and the description of four new species. Zootaxa 3505: 1–25 (new records, including first Australian record)
History of changes
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 19-Apr-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 09-Oct-2012 | ADDED |