Species Thaumatocotyle urolophi (Chisholm & Whittington, 1999)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Merizocotyle urolophi Chisholm, L.A. & Whittington, I.D. 1999. A revision of the Merizocotylinae Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 (Monogenea : Monocotylidae) with descriptions of new species of Empruthotrema Johnston and Tiegs, 1922 and Merizocotyle Cerfontaine, 1894. Journal of Natural History 33: 1-28 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 214046, Northwest Bay, Tas.
  Paratype(s) QM G214047-51, Northwest Bay, Tas.

  Type host:

   Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 [urolophidae]

Generic Combinations

• Thaumatocotyle urolophi (Chisholm & Whittington, 1999). —
  Kritsky, D.C. & Bullard, S.A. 2021. On Thaumatocotyle Scott, 1904 (Monogenoidea: Monocotylidae) and Thaumatocotyle pseudodasybatis Hargis, 1955 with Descriptions of Its Putative Sibling Species Thaumatocotyle adelpha n. sp. and Thaumatocotyle casigneta n. sp. Parasitizing the Olfactory Organs of Pelagic Eagle Rays (Myliobatiformes: Aetobatidae) in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 107(5): 689–702

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 [UROLOPHIDAE] Sparsely-spotted Stingaree).

History of changes