Genus Oncomegas Dollfus, 1929
- Oncomegas Dollfus, R.-Ph. 1929. Sur les Tétrarhyques. I. Définition des genres. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 54: 308-342.
Type species:
Rhynchobothrium wageneri Linton, 1890 (= Oncomegas wageneri (Dollfus, 1929)) by original designation. - Oncomegoides Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 2005. Three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Systematic Parasitology 60: 211-224 [219].
Type species:
Oncomegoides celatus Beveridge & Campbell, 2005 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Description of a new trypanorhynch species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the suppression of Oncomegoides and the erection of a new genus Hispidorhynchus. Journal of Parasitology 88: 408-414
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CESTODA | 30-Jan-2014 | ADDED |
- Oncomegoides celatus Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 2005. Three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Systematic Parasitology 60: 211-224 [220].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC28644 Slide, Arafura Sea, off Northern Territory.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC28645 9 Slides, Arafura Sea, off Northern Territory; BMNH 2004.7.12.6, Arafura Sea, NT; USNPC 94896, Arafura Sea, NT; LRP 3715-6, Arafura Sea, NT.Type host:
Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908) [DASYATIDAE] (Parasite from spiral valve)
Generic Combinations
- Oncomegas celatus (Beveridge & Campbell, 2005). —
Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Description of a new trypanorhynch species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the suppression of Oncomegoides and the erection of a new genus Hispidorhynchus. Journal of Parasitology 88: 408-414 [408]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NW Shelf.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) [DASYATIDAE] Jenkin’s Whipray (definitive host); Dasyatis microps (Annandale, 1908) [DASYATIDAE] Smalleye Stingray (definitive host)).
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee (ABRS) |
| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED |