Species Acanthocotyle urolophi Kearn, Whittington, Chisholm & Evans-Gowing, 2016

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• Acanthocotyle urolophi Kearn, G., Whittington, I., Chisholm, L. & Evans-Gowing, R. 2016. A new species of Acanthocotyle Monticelli, 1888 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae) from the ventral skin of the banded stingaree, Urolophus cruciatus (Lacépède, 1804), from Tasmania, Australia. Acta Parasitologica 61: 607-613 [608].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC36221 Slide, Storm Bay, mouth of Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania [43°3´53˝S, 147°22´47˝E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC29644, AHC36222-36229 9 slides, Storm Bay, mouth of Derwent River, Hobart, Tasmania [43°3´53˝S, 147°22´47˝E].

  Type host:

   Urolophus cruciatus (Lacepede, 1804) [UROLOPHIDAE] (Parasite found on ventral skin surface)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Urolophus cruciatus Lacépède, 1904 [UROLOPHIDAE]).

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