Species Microcotyle bassensis Murray, 1931
- Microcotyle bassensis Murray, F.V. 1931. Gill trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 23: 492-506 [500].
Type data:
Status unknown, USNM 71943 & 71944 'homeotypes', Hobart, TAS and Port Kenney, SA.Type host:
Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Tweed Heads and Ulladulla, NSW; Port Kenney, SA; near Hobart, Tas; Port Phillip Bay, Vic.
IMCRA
Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Bluespotted Flathead; Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840) [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Longhead Flathead; Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Southern Sand Flathead; Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Tiger Flathead).
General References
Dillon, W.A., Hargis, W.J. Jr & Harrises, A.E. 1984. Monogeneans from the southern Pacific Ocean. Polyopisthocotyleids from Australian fishes. The subfamily Microcotylinae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63: 348-359 [in Russian: Translation Series 32, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, 1985] [348] (Redescription & Australian host and locality records)
Woolcock, V. 1936. Monogenetic trematodes from some Australian fishes. Parasitology 28: 79-91 [87]
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 |