Species Hapalotrema mehrai Rao, 1976

Museums

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• Hapalotrema mehrai Rao, S.L. 1976. On two new blood flukes (Trematoda, Spirorchidae) from the heart of Chelone mydas L. Acta Parasitologica Polonica 24(12): 119–124 [119].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Pamban (South India), Gulf of Manar.

  Type host:

   Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE] (reported as Chelone mydas)
• Hapalotrema pambanensis Mehrotra, 1973.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Gulf of Mannar, India.

  Type host:

   Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE]
• Hapalotrema dorsopora Dailey, Fast & Balazs, 1993.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 82326, Kailua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.
  Paratype(s) USNM 82327, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [CHELONIIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) [CHELONIIDAE] Hawksbill Turtle).

Associated Fauna References

Chapman, P.A., Cribb, T.H., Blair, D., Traub, R.J., Kyaw-Tanner, M.T., Flint, M. & Mills, P.C. 2015. Molecular analysis of the genera Hapalotrema Looss, 1899 and Learedius Price, 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) reveals potential cryptic species, with comments on the validity of the genus Learedius. Systematic Parasitology 90: 67-79 [71] (Eretmochelys imbricata)

General References

Chapman, P.A., Cribb, T.H., Blair, D., Traub, R.J., Kyaw-Tanner, M.T., Flint, M. & Mills, P.C. 2015. Molecular analysis of the genera Hapalotrema Looss, 1899 and Learedius Price, 1934 (Digenea: Spirorchiidae) reveals potential cryptic species, with comments on the validity of the genus Learedius. Systematic Parasitology 90: 67-79 [71]

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