Species Heteraxinoides scorpis (Sandars, 1944)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microcotyle scorpis 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 [71].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, SAMA AHC40840 1 slide (Registered as 'Type'), Safety Bay, Western Australia.

  Type host:

   Scorpis aequipinnis Richardson, 1848 [KYPHOSIDAE] (Host originally described as Scorpis aequipinnis, label shows S. georgiana. Parasite from gills)

Generic Combinations

• Heteraxinoides scorpis (Sandars, 1944). —
  Price, E.W. 1962. North American Monogenetic Trematodes. XI. The Family Heteraxinidae. Journal of Parasitology 48(No. 3, Section 1): 402-418 [Date published 1962] [407]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Safety Bay.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Scorpis aequipinnis Richardson, 1848 [KYPHOSIDAE] Sea Sweep).

History of changes