Species Glossocercus chelodinae (MacCallum, 1921)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Taenia chelodinae MacCallum, G.A. 1921. Studies in helminthology. Zoopathologica 1: 229-294.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNPC 35999, New York Aquarium, USA.

  Type host:

   Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) [CHELIDAE]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Chelodina expansa Gray, 1857 [CHELIDAE] Broad-shelled River Turtle (definitive host); Chelodina longicollis (Shaw, 1794) [CHELIDAE] Eastern Snake-necked Turtle, Snake-necked Turtle (definitive host); Emydura macquarii (J.E. Gray, 1830) [CHELIDAE] Murray Turtle (definitive host)).

 

General References

Anderson, G.R. & Barker, S.C. 1998. Inference of phylogeny and taxonomy within the Didymozoidae (Digenea) from the second internal transcribed spaces (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA. Systematic Parasitology 41: 87-94 (Australian record)

Pichelin, S., Cribb, T.H. & Bona, F.V. 1998. Glossocercus chelodinae (MacCallum, 1921) n. comb. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from freshwater turtles in Australia and a redefinition of the genus Bancroftiella Johnston, 1911. Systematic Parasitology 39: 165-181 (Australian record and redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2023	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022	CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
25-Jan-2022	CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
25-Jan-2022	CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015	CYCLOPHYLLIDEA van Beneden in Braun, 1900	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014		14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
		14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED