Species Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819)
- Tetrarhynchus megacephalus Rudolphi, C.A. 1819. Synopsis entozoorum cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Berolini : Augustus Rücker 811 pp. [447].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown
Comment: no type host indicated.
Generic Combinations
- Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819). —
Dollfus, R.-Ph. 1942. Etudes critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Museum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 19: 1-466
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) [LAMNIDAE] White Shark (definitive host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Squatina australis Regan, 1906 [SQUATINIDAE] Australian Angelshark (intermediate host); Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Dusky Whaler (intermediate host); Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [TRIAKIDAE] School Shark (intermediate host); Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881) [SQUALIDAE] Spikey Dogfish (intermediate host)).
General References
Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1996. New records and descriptions of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 1-22 (Australian records)
History of changes
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| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
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| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
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