Species Phyllodistomum magnificum Cribb, 1987
- Phyllodistomum magnificum Cribb, T.H. 1987. A new species of Phyllodistomum (Digenea: Gorgoderidae) from Australian and New Zealand freshwater fishes with notes on the taxonomy of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899. Journal of Natural History 21: 1525-1538.
Type data:
Holotype QM GL 4822, Brisbane River, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland [27°32'S, 152°54'E].
Paratype(s) QM GL 4823-30, Brisbane River, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland [27°32'S, 152°54'E]; USNHC 79287-88, Brisbane River, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland [27°32'S, 152°54'E]; BMNH 1986.8.4.1-3, Brisbane River, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland [27°32'S, 152°54'E]; SAMA AHC22633-34 Slides, unanamed tributary of Brisbane River, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland [27°32'S, 152°54'E]; SAMA AHC22632 Slide, Murray River, Mannum, South Australia [34°50'S 139°20'E].Type host:
Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 [ANGUILLIDAE] (Parasite from urinary bladder)
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: parasitic (host(s): Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay, 1883) [TERAPONTIDAE] Black Bream; Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) [PLOTOSIDAE] Freshwater Catfish; Scortum hillii (Castelnau, 1878) [TERAPONTIDAE] Leathery Grunter; Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 [ANGUILLIDAE] Longfin Eel).
General References
Hall, K.A., Cribb, T.H. & Barker, S.C. 1999. V4 region of small subunit rDNA indicates polyphyly of the Fellodistomidae (Digenea) which is supported by morphology and life-cycle data. Systematic Parasitology 43: 81-92 (Australian record)
Kennedy, C.R. 1995. Richness and diversity of macroparasite communities in tropical eels Anguilla reinhardtii in Queensland, Australia. Parasitology 111: 233-245 (Australian record)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | TREMATODA | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | TREMATODA | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | TREMATODA | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | TREMATODA | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Feb-2022 | DIGENEA Carus, 1863 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb Ms Jo Wood Russell Yong |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb |
| 11-Feb-2022 | PLAGIORCHIIDA La Rue, 1957 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | Professor Thomas Cribb (QM) |
| 29-Jul-2013 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-May-2010 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2013 | 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED |