Species Molicola uncinatus Linton, 1924

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• Rhynchobothrium uncinatum Linton, E. 1924. Notes on cestode parasites of sharks and skates. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64: 1-114 [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNHC, Menemsha, Massachusetts, USA.

  Type host:

   Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [ALOPIIDAE]
• Gymnorhynchus thyrsitae Robinson, E.S. 1959. Some new cestodes from New Zealand marine fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: 381-392 [385].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMNZ, New Zealand.

  Type host:

   Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791) [GEMPYLIDAE]

Distribution

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: G. Aust. Bight
• New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Intermediate: endoparasitic (host(s): Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) [GEMPYLIDAE] Barracouta (intermediate host)).

General References

Korotaeva, V.D. 1971. [Helminth fauna of the commercial marine fishes of sub-order Trichiuroidei in the Australia — New Zealand region]. Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanografii (TINRO) 75: 69-84 (Australian record)

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