Species Mecistobothrium johnstonei (Southwell, 1929)
- Tentacularia johnstonei Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India, Part 1. Spolia Zeylanica 15: 169-312 [238].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1977. 11.15.66-69a-f, Sri Lanka.Type host:
Pastinachus atrus (Macleay, 1883) [DASYATIDAE] (as Pastinachus sephen (Forsskå1, 1795))
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Pastinachus atrus (Macleay, 1883) [DASYATIDAE] Eastern Cowtail Stingray (as Pastinachus sephen (Forsskå1, 1795); definitive host)).
General References
Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 2009. Oncomegas aetobatidis sp. nov. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), a re-description of O. australiensis Toth, Campbell & Schmidt, 1992 and new records of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 133: 18-29 (Australian record)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| CESTODA | 30-Jan-2014 | ADDED |