Australotaenia grobeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Onchoproteocephalidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Cestoda Subclassis: Eucestoda Ordo: Onchoproteocephalidea

Familia: Proteocephalidae
Subfamilia: Acanthotaeniinae
Genus: Australotaenia
Species: : Australotaenia grobeli

Name

Australotaenia grobeli de Chambrier & de Chambrier, 2010: 275, figs 39–55

Holotype: SAM 21402, Darlington, W.A., 12.11.1980; 1 whole mount preparation.

Type locality: Neighbourhood of Perth (Cannington and Darlington), W.A., Australia.

Type host: Litoria moorei (Copland) (Amphibia: Hylidae).

Etymology: The new species is named in honour of Yan Grobel (Geneva).

References

• de Chambrier, S. & de Chambrier, A. 2010. Two new genera and two new species of proteocephalidean tapeworms (Eucestoda) from reptiles and amphibians in Australia. Folia parasitologica 57(4): 263–279. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.033. Reference page.