Species Molicola horridus (Goodsir, 1841)
- Gymnorhynchus horridus Goodsir, J. 1841. On Gymnorhynchus horridus, a new cestoid entozoon. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 31: 9-12 [10].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Firth of Forth, Scotland.Type host:
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) [MOLIDAE]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital: cosmopolitan.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Intermediate: endoparasitic (host(s): Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) [MOLIDAE] Ocean Sunfish (intermediate host); Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 [DIODONTIDAE] Spotted Porcupinefish (intermediate host)).
General References
Macleay, W. 1877. Notes on the entozoa and epizoa taken from a sunfish. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 12-13 (Australian record)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 19-Apr-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED |