Species Branchotenthes octohamatus Glennon, Chisholm & Whittington, 2005
- Branchotenthes octohamatus Glennon, V., Chisholm, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. 2005. Branchotenthes octohamatus sp. n. (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) from the gills of the southern fiddler ray, Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) in South Australia: description of adult and larva. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 52: 223-230.
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC28766 1 slide, Kingston Point, Seacliff, South Australia [35º1’59”S 138º31’29”E].
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC28767-72 6 slides, Kingston Point, Seacliff, South Australia [35º1’59”S 138º31’29”E]; USNPC 95759, Seacliff, South Australia; M-412, Seacliff, South Australia.Type host:
Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 [RHINOBATIDAE] (Parasite from gill filaments)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Newcastle (NSW); Moreton Bay (Qld); Adelaide (SA); Fremantle (WA).
Ecological Descriptors
Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) [RHINOBATIDAE] Eastern Shovelnose Ray; Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 [RHINOBATIDAE] Southern Fiddler Ray; Aptychotrema vincentiana (Haacke, 1885) [RHINOBATIDAE] Western Shovelnose Ray; Trygonorrhina speciesA Last & Stevens, 1994 [RHINOBATIDAE]).
General References
Glennon, V. Chishom, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. 2008. Comparative phylogeography reveals host generalists, specialists and cryptic diversity: Hexabothriid, microbothriid and monocotylid monogeneans from rhinobatid rays in southern Australia. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 1599-1612 [1603] (Australian host & locality records)
History of changes
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| 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 |
| 27-Jul-2017 | POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA | 11-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED |