Species Pseudothoracocotyla indica (Unnithan, 1957)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dawesia indica Unnithan, R.V. 1957. On the functional morphology of a new fauna of Monogenea on fishes from Trivandrum and environs. Part 1. Axinidae fam. nov. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala C 5: 27-122.
• Pseudothoracocotyle scomberomori Young, P.C. 1968. Oligapta manteri sp. nov. (Axinidae: Monogenoidea) and Pseudothoracocotyle scomberomori sp. nov. (Gastrocotylidae): Monogenoidea) from South Pacific fishes. Journal of Helminthology 42(3/4): 411-420 [415].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 62978, Green Island and Heron Island, QLD.
  Paratype(s) USNM 62979, Green Island and Heron Island, QLD.

  Type host:

   Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) [SCOMBRIDAE]
• Dawesia incisa Lebedev, B.I. 1970. Helminths of epipelagic fish of the South China Sea. pp. 191-216 in Oschmarin, P.G., Mamaev, Yu.L., Lebedev, B.I. (ed.). Helminths of animals of South east Asia. Moscow : Isd. "Nauka".

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudothoracocotyla indica (Unnithan, 1957).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Coffs Harbour (NSW); Green Island, Heron Island, Lizard Island (Qld).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Scomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 [SCOMBRIDAE] School Mackerel; Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) [SCOMBRIDAE] Spanish Mackerel).

 

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
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
27-Jul-2017	POLYOPISTHOCOTYLEA	11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
		11-Jan-2024	MODIFIED