Species Elopicola bristowi Orélis-Ribeiro & Bullard in Orélis-Ribeiro, Halanych, Dang, Bakenhaster, Arias & Bullard, 2017

Museums

Regional Maps

• Elopicola bristowi Orélis-Ribeiro, R., Halanych, K.M., Dang, B.T., Bakenhaster, M.D., Arias, C.R. & Bullard, S.A. 2017. Two new species of Elopicola (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from Hawaiian ladyfish, Elops hawaiensis (Eastern Sea) and Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus (Gulf of Mexico) with a comments on monophyly of elopomorph blood flukes. Parasitology International 66(3): 305–318.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 1422060, Eastern Sea, off Nha Trang, Vietnam.
  Paratype(s) USNM 1422061–1422063, same data as Holotype.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Moreton Bay, QLD

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Cercariae and sporocysts: endoparasitic (host(s): Anadara trapezia (Deshayes, 1839) [ARCIDAE] Sydney ark cockle).

 

General References

Cutmore, S.C., Littlewood, D.T.J., Arellano-Martínez, M., Louvard, C. & Cribb, T.H, 2023. Evidence that a lineage of teleost-infecting blood flukes (Aporocotylidae) infects bivalves as intermediate hosts. International Journal for Parasitology 53: 13–25

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	TREMATODA	01-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
	TREMATODA	18-Aug-2023	ADDED