Species Gonoplasius carangis Sandars, 1944
- Gonoplasius carangis Sandars, D.F. 1944. A contribution to the knowledge of the Microcotylidae of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(1): 67-81 [75] [Gonoplasius considered a synonym of Microcotyle. Transferred to the Heteraxinidae by Price, 1962].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH 1987.9.9.5-6 voucher, Cockburn Sound, WA; USNM 71955 5, Ulludulla, NSW; SAMA AHC40848 1 slide, North Beach Rockingham, Western Australia
Comment: AHC40848 possible Holotype but not confirmed.Type host:
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [CARANGIDAE] (Host described as Caranx georgianus. Parasite from gills)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ulludulla, NSW; Cockburn Sound, Perth; North Beach, Rockingham.
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [CARANGIDAE] Silver Trevally).
General References
Dillon, W.A., Hargis, W.J. Jr & Harrises, A.E. 1983. Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean. Polyopisthocotyleids from Australian fishes. The subfamilies Polylabrinae and Microcotylinae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 62: 821-828 [in Russian: Translation Series 32, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1985] [821] (Australian locality reference)
Price, E.W. 1962. North American monogenetic trematodes. XI. The family Heteraxinidae. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 29(1): 1-18 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
Williams, A. 1991. Monogeneans of the families Microcotylidae Taschenburg, 1879 and Heteraxinidae Price, 1962 from Western Australia, including the description of Polylabris sandarsae n. sp. (Microcotylidae). Systematic Parasitology 18: 17-43 [39] (Australian host and locality reference)
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 |
| 27-Jul-2017 | POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA | 11-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED |