Species Benedenia sekii (Yamaguti, 1937)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epibdella sekii Yamaguti, S. 1937. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 19. Fourteen new ectoparasitic trematodes of fishes. Japan : Published by author pp. 1-28.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM W 19465 1, 194652, Coffs Harbour, NSW; Gulf St Vincent, Wallaroo, SA; New Zealand.

  Type host:

   Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.; Gulf St Vincent, Wallaroo, S.A.; New Zealand.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Snapper (as Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801))).

 

General References

Meserve, F.G.C. 1938. Some monogenetic trematodes from the Galapagos Islands and the neighbouring Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 2: 31-89 [35]

Roubal, F.R., Armitage, J. & Rohde, K. 1983. Taxonomy of Metazoan ectoparasites of Snapper, Chrysophrys auratus (Family Sparidae), from southern Australia, eastern Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Zoology 94: 1-68 [7] (redescription and Australian locality record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Dec-2023	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Storm Martin
04-Aug-2021	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
02-Nov-2018	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
27-Jul-2017	MONOGENEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
		11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED