Species Bombycirhynchus sphyraenaicum (Pintner, 1930)
- Dibothriorhynchus sphyraenaicus Pintner, T. 1930. Wennigbekanntes und Unbekanntes von Russel-bank Würmern. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 139: 445-537 [500].
Type data:
Holotype VNHM 2092, Sri Lanka.
Paratype(s) VNHM 2094, Sri Lanka.Type host:
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) [SCOMBRIDAE] - Patellobothrium quinquecatinatum Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1989. Chimaerarhynchus n.g. and Patellobothrium n.g., two new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes with unique poeciloacanthous armatures, and a reorganisation of the poeciloacanthous trypanorhynch families. Systematic Parasitology 14: 209-225 [215].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC44120 Slides, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC17999, AHC18000 Vial & Slide, Cape Moreton, Moreton Island, Queensland; SAMA AHC18167 Vial, Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory.Type host:
Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) [SPHYRNIDAE]
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1998. Re-examination of the trypanorhynch cestode collections of A.E. Shipley, J. Hornell and T. Southwell, with the erection of a new genus, Trygonicola, and redescriptions of seven species. Systematic Parasitology 39: 1-34
Generic Combinations
- Bombycirhynchus sphyraenaicum (Pintner, 1930). —
Pintner, R. 1931. Ueber fortgesetzte Tetrarhynchenuntersuchungen. II. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 68: 72-75
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital: Sri Lanka.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) [SPHYRNIDAE] Great Hammerhead (definitive host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848) [TETRAODONTIDAE] Balloonfish; Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) [LATIDAE] Barramundi (intermediate host)).
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 19-Apr-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED |