Species Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante & Carrajal, 1984
- Pterobothrium acanthotruncatum Escalante, H. & Carvajal, J. 1984. Larval trypanorhynch cestodes from Peruvian teleost fishes, with descriptions of two new species. Studies on the Neotropical Fauna and Environment 19: 185-194 [186].
Type data:
Holotype USNPC 77353, Salaverry, Peru.
Paratype(s) MZVC S.036, Salaverry, Peru.Type host:
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [CORYPHAENIDAE]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Peru.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) [LATIDAE] Barramundi (intermediate host); Protonibea diacanthus (Lacépède, 1802) [SCIAENIDAE] Black Jewfish (intermediate host); Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Common Blacktip Shark (intermediate host); Pristis zijsron Bleeker, 1851 [PRISTIDAE] Green Sawfish (intermediate host); Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Milk Shark (intermediate host); Scomberomorus commerson (Lacépède, 1800) [SCOMBRIDAE] Spanish Mackerel (intermediate host)).
Extra Ecological Information
The identity of Australian material is uncertain Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 1996. Revision of the family Pterobothridae Pintner, 1931 (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 617–662.
History of changes
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 20-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 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 |