WoRMS taxon details
Trimusculotrema Whittington & Barton, 1990
119272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119272)
accepted
Genus
Benedenia micracantha Euzet & Maillard, 1967 accepted as Trimusculotrema micracantha (Euzet & Maillard, 1967) Whittington & Barton, 1990 (type by original designation)
- Species Trimusculotrema heronense Whittington & Kearn, 2008
- Species Trimusculotrema leucanthemum (Euzet & Maillard, 1967) Whittington & Barton, 1990
- Species Trimusculotrema micracantha (Euzet & Maillard, 1967) Whittington & Barton, 1990
- Species Trimusculotrema schwartzi Dyer & Poly, 2002
- Species Trimusculotrema uarnaki Whittington & Barton, 1990
- Species Trimusculotrema heronensis Whittington & Kearn, 2008 accepted as Trimusculotrema heronense Whittington & Kearn, 2008 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
marine, brackish
neuter
Whittington, I. D.; Barton, D. P. (1990). A new genus of monogenean
parasites (Capsalidae: Benedeniinae) from stingrays
Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) with a description of a new species
from the long-tailed stingray Himantura uarnak Forsskål from
Queensland, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 24: 327-340., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770241 [details]
WoRMS (2026). Trimusculotrema Whittington & Barton, 1990. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119272 on 2026-10-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Whittington, I. D.; Barton, D. P. (1990). A new genus of monogenean
parasites (Capsalidae: Benedeniinae) from stingrays
Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) with a description of a new species
from the long-tailed stingray Himantura uarnak Forsskål from
Queensland, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 24: 327-340., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939000770241 [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Egorova, T. P. (1997). A TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE SUBFAMILY BENEDENIINAE (MONOGENOIDEA: CAPSALIDAE). <em>Parazitologiya.</em> 31 (5), 438-451 (In Russian). [details]
Other
additional source
Brule, J. H.; Warren, M. B.; Bullard, S. A. (2026). Redescription of Parabenedeniella posterocolpa (Hargis, 1955) Brule and Bullard n. gen. et n. comb. (Monogenoidea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from Infections on Three Batoid Hosts (Rhinopteridae and Mobulidae) with Phylogenetic Analysis and Comments about Capsalid Host Specificity. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 112(3)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/25-92 [details]
