Species Anthocephalum meadowsi Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Museums

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• Anthocephalum meadowsi 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 [66-69, figs 1E, 6A–B, 7 A–E].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G234607, Arafura Sea east of Wessel Islands, NT [11°17'44"S, 136°59'48"E].
  Paratype(s) QM G234608, G234609 2 specimens; USNM 1251818–1251820 3 specimens; LRP 8540–8542 3 specimens.

  Type host:

   Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008 [DASYATIDAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura leoparda Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2008 [DASYATIDAE] Leopard Whipray).

History of changes