Species Calicotyle australis Johnston, 1934

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• Calicotyle australis Johnston, T.H. 1934. New Trematodes from South Australian Elasmobranchs. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 12: 25-32 7 figs [25-28].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC40009 1 slide, Glenelg, South Australia.
  Status unknown, BMNH 2005.2.8.1-3 3 x vouchers, Glenelg, SA; USNPC 095760.00 3 x vouchers, Glenelg, SA; QM Gl10172 1 x voucher (ex Rhinobatos typus), Moreton Bay, Qld; USNPC 80510 1 x voucher (ex Rhinobatos typus), Moreton Bay, Qld; BMNH 1988.10.17.1-2 2 x vouchers (ex Rhinobatos typus), Moreton Bay, Qld; QM GL18070, 18071 2 x vouchers (ex Aptychotrema rostrata), Moreton Bay, Qld.

  Type host:

   Trygonorrhina fasciata Müller & Henle, 1841 [RHINOBATIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) [RHINOBATIDAE] Eastern Shovelnose Ray; Glaucostegus typus (Bennett, 1830) [RHINOBATIDAE] Giant 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

Chisholm, L.A., Hansknecht, T.J., Whittington, I.D. & Overstreet, R.M. 1997. A revision of the Calicotylinae Monticelli, 1903 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae). Systematic Parasitology 38: 159-183 [168] (Australian records)

Glennon, V., Chisholm, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. 2006. A redescription of Calicotyle australis Johnston, 1934 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the Type-host Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) off Adelaide, South Australia, including descriptions of live and silver stained larvae. Systematic Parasitology 63(1): 29-40

Whittington, I.D., Barton, D.P. & Lester, R.J.G. 1989. A redescription of Calicotyle australis Johnston, 1934 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from a new host, Rhinobatos batillum (Batiformes: Rhinobatidae), from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Systematic Parasitology 14: 145-156 (Australian host & locality record)

Yamaguti, S. 1970. Digenetic Trematodes of Hawaiian Fishes. Tokyo : Keigaku Publishing 436 pp. [168] (Australian host and locality record)

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