Species Temnomonticellia fulva (Hickman, 1967)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Temnocephala fulva Hickman, V.V. 1967. Tasmanian Temnocephalidea. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 101: 227-250, 1 pl. [245].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown no data provided in description (in damp soil, ex carapace and mouthparts Parastacoides tasmanicus, 25.ii.1966), Lake Pedder, western Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.

  Type host:

   Ombrastacoides pulcher (Riek, 1967) [PARASTACIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Temnosewellia fulva (Hickman, 1967). —
  Damborenea, M.C. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2001. On neotropical Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes). Journal of Natural History 35: 1103-1118
• Temnomonticellia fulva (Hickman, 1967). —
  Sibraa, L., Barton, D. & Shamsi, S. 2022. Occurrence of Temnocephalidae flatworms in Australia. Journal of Natural History 55(45–46): 2879–2907

Introduction

Damborenea & Cannon (2001) did not explicitly shift this species from Temnocephala in their review. However, here I propose that the correct placement of this species should be in Temnosewellia.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

(as Temnocephala fulva); western Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia; from crayfish in burrows; ex carapace and mouthparts Parastacoides tasmanicus (Erichson, 1846). See Hickman (1967).

General References

Damborenea, M.C. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2001. On neotropical Temnocephala (Platyhelminthes). Journal of Natural History 35: 1103-1118

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