Species Neoheterocotyle bychowskyi (Timofeeva, 1981)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Horricauda bychowskyi Timofeeva, T.A. 1981. [New species of the genus Horricauda (Monogenea: Monocotylidae)]. Parazitologiya 15: 399-406.

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) USNPC 83987 2 specimens on 1 slide, South China Sea;
  Status unknown, QM G213820-26; USNPC 87186.

  Type host:

   Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) [RHINOBATIDAE] (name of host type in doubt as Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål, 1775, is now found only in the Western Indian Ocean, see Last & Stevens (2009))

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Rhynchobatus sp. [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Wedgefish (host originally recorded as Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål, 1775, but this name now applies to a species found only in the Western Indian Ocean; re-examination of host material is needed to determine its new name)).

 

General References

Chisholm, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. 1997. Revision of Neoheterocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) with descriptions of the larvae of N. rhinobatis and N. rhynchobatis from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology 27: 1041-1060 [1042] (Australian host and locality record)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [302]

 

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
05-Aug-2022	MONOCOTYLIDEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
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
		11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED