Species Zygorhynchus elongatus Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
- Zygorhynchus elongatus Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1988. A review of the Tetrarhynchobothriidae Dollfus, 1969 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with descriptions of two new genera, Didymorhynchus and Zygorhynchus. Systematic Parasitology 12: 3-29 [23].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC44094 Slide, Cape Van Dieman, Northern Territory.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC17257 Slide, Cape Van Dieman, Northern Territory; BMNH 1987.8.25.1, Cape Van Dieman, NT.Type host:
Himantura australis (Last, White & Naylor, 2016) [DASYATIDAE] (Originally identified as Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [misidentification of widespread Indo-west Pacific species, which is absent from Australia and New Guinea]. Parasite from spiral valve)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., N coast, NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Maculabatis cf. astra Last, Manjaji-Matsumoto & Pogonoski, 2008 [DASYATIDAE] Black-spotted whipray; Maculabatis toshi Whitley, 1939 [DASYATIDAE] Blackspotted Whipray (definitive host); Hemitrygon fluviorum Ogilby, 1908 [DASYATIDAE] Estuary stingray; Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] Reticulate Whipray (definitive host); Rhynchobatus sp. [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Wedgefish (host originally recorded as Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål, 1775, but this name now applies to a species found only in the Western Indian Ocean; re-examination of host material is needed to determine its new name; definitive host)).
General References
Beveridge, I 2018. Three new species of acotylean polyclads (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia, with the erection of a new genus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 61: 143-153 [136, Figs 65-66]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |