Species Anthocephalum healyae Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

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• Anthocephalum healyae Ruhnke, T.R., Caira, J.N. & Cox, A. 2015. The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa 3904(1): 51-81 [59-63, figs 1B, 2C–D, 3F–J].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G234600, Gulf of Carpentaria off Weipa, Qld [12°35'11"S, 141°42'34"E].
  Paratype(s) QM G234601, G234602 2 specimens; USNM 1251810, 1251811 2 specimens; LRP 8525–8527 3 specimens.

  Type host:

   Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) [DASYATIDAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Neotrygon kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841) [DASYATIDAE] Bluespotted Stingray).

History of changes