Species Acanthobothrium cannoni Campbell & Beveridge, 2002

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• Acanthobothrium cannoni Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 2002. The genus Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) parasitic in Australian elasmobranch fishes. Invertebrate Systematics 16: 237-344 [260].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC28236 3 slides, Fog Bay, Northern Territory [12°45'S 130°11'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC28237 5 slides, 4 specimens, Fog Bay, Northern Territory [12°45'S 130°11'E].

  Type host:

   Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] (Parasite from spiral valve)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: parasitic (host(s): Maculabatis cf. astra blackspotted whipray).

Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura uarnak (Forsskål, 1775) [DASYATIDAE] Reticulate Whipray (definitive host)).

Associated Fauna References

Cutmore, S.C., Cribb, T.H., Bennett, M.B. & Beveridge, I. 2018. Tetraphyllidean and onchoproteocephalidean cestodes of elasmobranchs from Moreton Bay, Australia: description of two new species and new records for seven described species. Systematic Parasitology 95: 807-827 (Maculabatis cf. astra)

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