Species Microcotyle helotes Sandars, 1944
- Microcotyle helotes 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 [72].
Type data:
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC40841 1 slide, 2 specimens (registered as 'cotypes'), Safety Bay, Western Australia;
Status unknown, BMNH 1984.7.19.51-59; 1987.9.9.1-4 voucher, Swan River Estuary, Cockburn Sound, Perth, WA; USNM 71945 'homeotypes' x 2, Carnarvon and Cape Peron, Shark Bay, WA.Type host:
Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [TERAPONTIDAE] (Parasite from gills)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Swan River, at Nedlands, Rockingham, Safety Bay; Cockburn Sound; Carnarvon; Cape Peron, Shark Bay.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Pelsartia humeralis (Ogilby, 1899) [TERAPONTIDAE] Sea Trumpeter; Pelates sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [TERAPONTIDAE] Six-lined Trumpeter).
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 locality record)
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 [22] (Redescription, 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 |