Species Monodhelmis trichofurcata (Johnston & Angel, 1940)

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Regional Maps

• Cercaria (Furcocercaria) trichofurcata Johnston, T.H. & Angel, L.M. 1940. Larval trematodes from Australian freshwater molluscs. Part vii. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 64: 331-339 13 figs [331].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC40977 Slide, Tailem Bend, South Australia.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC21555-AHC21556, AHC40930-AHC40931, AHC40978-AHC40987, HC42772 Slides, Tailem Bend, South Australia.

  Type host:

   Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) [PLOTOSIDAE] (Parasite from intestine)

Generic Combinations

• Monodhelmis trichofurcata (Johnston & Angel, 1940). —
  Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 1994. A review of the Tandanicolinae (=Monodhelminthinae) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae), with a description of Prosogonarium angelae n. sp. Systematic Parasitology 27: 187-205 [195]
• Burnellus trichofurcata (Johnston & Angel, 1940). —
  Angel, L.M. 1971. Burnellus gen. nov. (Digenea: Fellodistomatidae), the life history of the type-species, B. trichofurcatus (Johnston & Angel, 1940), and a note on a related species, Tandanicola bancrofti Johnston, 1927, both from the Australian freshwater catfish, Tandanus tandanus. Parasitology 62: 375-384 [375]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) [PLOTOSIDAE] Narrowfront Tandan; Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) [PLOTOSIDAE] Tandan Catfish; Neosilurus sp. [PLOTOSIDAE]).

General References

Angel, L.M. 1971. Burnellus gen. nov. (Digenea: Fellodistomatidae), the life history of the type-species, B. trichofurcatus (Johnston & Angel, 1940), and a note on a related species, Tandanicola bancrofti Johnston, 1927, both from the Australian freshwater catfish, Tandanus tandanus. Parasitology 62: 375-384 (Australian record)

Cribb, T.H. 1988. Two new digenetic trematodes from Australian freshwater fishes with notes on previously described species. Journal of Natural History 22: 27-43 (Australian record)

Cribb, T.H. & Bray, R.A. 1994. A review of the Tandanicolinae (=Monodhelminthinae) (Digenea: Fellodistomidae), with a description of Prosogonarium angelae n. sp. Systematic Parasitology 27: 187-205 (Australian record)

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