Species Acanthobothrium matttaylori Fyler & Caira, 2011

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• Acanthobothrium matttaylori Fyler, C.A. & Caira, J.N. 2011. Phylogenetic status of four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda : Tetraphyllidea) parasitic on the wedgefish Rhynchobatus laevis (Elasmobranchii : Rhynchobatidae): implications for interpreting host associations. Invertebrate Systematics 24(5): 419-433.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G232508, Gove Harbor, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia [12°11′38″S, 136°41′11″E].

  Type host:

   Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [Rhynchobatidae]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Jansen's wrasse; Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall & Hoese, 1988) [APOGONIDAE] Sydney cardinalfish; Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [MICROCANTHIDAE] Stripey; Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [PINGUIPEDIDAE] Barred sandperch; Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Smalltooth flounder; Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) [SYNODONTIDAE] Brushtooth lizardfish; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse; Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) [LABRIDAE] Yellow-brown wrasse; Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859) [NEMIPTERIDAE] Paradise whiptail; Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Largetooth flounder).

Parasitic (host(s): Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Smoothnose Wedgefish (definitive host)).

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