Species Trimusculotrema uarnaki Whittington & Barton, 1990

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• Trimusculotrema uarnaki Whittington, I.D. & Barton, D.P. 1990. A new genus of monogenean parasites (Capsalidae, Benedeniinae) from stingrays (Rajiformes, Dasyatidae) with a description of a new species from the long-tailed stingray Himantura uarnak Forsskål from Queensland, Australia. Journal of Natural History 24: 327-340 [329].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL10381, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°25'S 153°20'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GL10382-84, Moreton Bay, Qld; BMNH 1989.6.23.1-3, Moreton Bay, Qld; USNPC 80822, Moreton Bay, Qld; Moreton Bay, Qld; SAMA AHC29482-AHC29488 7 slides, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27°25'S 153°20'E].

  Type host:

   Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] (Parasite from skin)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Definitive: ectoparasitic (host(s): Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] Reticulate Whipray).

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