Heteromicrocotyloides mirabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mazocraeidea
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: Monogenea Subclassis: Polyopisthocotylea Ordo: Mazocraeidea

Familia: Heteromicrocotylidae
Genus: Heteromicrocotyloides
Species: Heteromicrocotyloides mirabilis

Name

Heteromicrocotyloides mirabilis Rohde, 1977

• Type-host: Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Carangidae, Perciformes, Teleostei) (designated as Carangoides emburyi)
• Other host: Carangoides ciliarius
• Type locality: Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
• Other localities: East Coast of Africa; Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
• Habitat: gills
• Holotype: BMNH

References

Primary references

• Rohde, K. 1977: Habitat partitioning in Monogenea of marine fishes. Heteromicrocotyla australiensis, sp. nov. and Heteromicrocotyloides mirabilis, gen. and sp. nov. (Heteromicrocotylidae) on the gills of Carangoides emburyi (Carangidae) on the Great Barrier Reef. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, 53, 171-182. DOI: 10.1007/BF00380462
• Mamaev Yu.L. 1988: Monogenea of family Heteromicrocotylidae Unnithan, 1961. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, 177, 35-48.
• Barton, D.P., Beaufrère, C., Justine, J.-L. & Whittington, I. D. 2009. Polyopisthocotylean monogeneans from carangid fishes off Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia, with a description of Heteromicrocotyloides megaspinosus sp. nov. Acta Parasitologica 54: 205-217. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0038-y Reference page. 

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