Tapeworm Species Details

Yorkeria williamsi Cutmore, Cribb, Bennett, and Beveridge, 2018
Tetraphyllidea: Balanobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14006
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Balanobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Yorkeria
Species williamsi
Authority Cutmore, Cribb, Bennett, and Beveridge, 2018
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms "Yorkeria parva Southwell, 1927 of Williams (1964)"
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Cutmore, S. C., T. H. Cribb, M. B. Bennett, and I. Beveridge. 2018. Tetraphyllidean and onchoproteocephalidean cestodes of elasmobranchs from Moreton Bay, Australia: description of two new species and new records for seven described species. Systematic Parasitology : 21 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for Yorkeria williamsi n. sp. is urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01FE4997-686B-4C1B-B33A-8D5AEB5433BD.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/17/2018 Created K. Herzog
09/17/2018ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Hemiscylliidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Chiloscyllium
Species cf. punctatum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Chiloscyllium
Species cf. punctatum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Moreton Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Queensland, Off Port Brisbane
Coordinates 27°23'S, 153°11'E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities off Ormiston (27°30'S, 153°16'E), Moreton Bay; off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material holotype (QM G232951); 17 paratypes (QM G232952–61, G237639–45)
Total Number of Type Specimens 18
Voucher Material hologenophores (QM G232960–61)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.