Species Auriculotrema lechneri Platt, 2003
- Auriculotrema lechneri Platt, T.R. 2003. Description of Auriculotrema lechneri n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Choanocotylidae), a parasite of freshwater turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Parasitology 89(1): 141–144.
Type data:
Holotype QM G219537, Alligator Creek, Queensland, Australia [19°23'S, 146°57'E].
Paratype(s) QM G219538–G219542, Alligator Creek, Queensland, Australia & Ross River Dam, Thuringowa, Queensland, Australia [19°23'S, 146°57'E & 19°25'S, 146°44'E].Type host:
Wollumbinia latisternum (Gray, 1867) [CHELIDAE]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Emydura macquarii krefftii (Gray, 1871) [CHELIDAE] Krefft's river turtle).