Species Anthocephalum jensenae Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthocephalum jensenae 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 [63-65, figs 1C, 4A–B, 5A–E].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G234603, Arafura Sea east of Wessel Islands, NT [11°17'44"S, 136°59'48"E].
  Paratype(s) QM G234604-G234606 3 specimens; USNM 1251812–1251814 3 specimens; LRP 8528–8533 6 specimens.

  Type host:

   Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) [DASYATIDAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) [DASYATIDAE] Jenkins' Whipray).

History of changes