Species Udonella myliobati (Guberlet, 1936)

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Regional Maps

• Calinella myliobati Guberlet, J.E. 1936. Two new ectoparasitic trematodes from the sting ray Myliobatis californicus. American Midland Naturalist 17(6): 954-964 [new comb. proposed by Aken'Ova & Lester (1996)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, QM G 212975-8 voucher, Brisbane River, Brisbane, Qld [27°24'S 153°9'E].

  Type host:

   Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] (this monogenean (Udonella myliobati) parasitises Caligus epidemicus (Copepoda: Caligidae), itself an ectoparasite of the surf bream, Acanthopagrus australis)

Generic Combinations

• Udonella myliobati (Guberlet, 1936).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Newcastle, NSW; Brisbane, Qld and Peronian zoogeographical region.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [SPARIDAE] Yellowfin Bream).

General References

Aken'Ova, T.O. & Lester, R.J.G. 1996. Udonella myliobati n. comb. (Platyhelminthes: Udonellidae) and its occurrence in eastern Australia. Journal of Parasitology 82(6): 1017-1023

Byrnes, T. 1986. Five species of Monogenea from Australian bream, Acanthopagrus spp. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 65-86 [66] (Australian host and locality records)

Byrnes, T. 1992. Geographical distribution and host specificity of ectoparasites of Australian bream, Acanthopagrus spp. (Sparidae). Folia Parasitologica. Prague 39: 249-264 [252] (Australian host & locality record)

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