Species Acanthobothrium lasti Campbell & Beveridge, 2002

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• Acanthobothrium lasti Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 2002. The genus Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) parasitic in Australian elasmobranch fishes. Invertebrate Systematics 16: 237-344 [287].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA AHC28247 Slide, Off Broome, Western Australia [18°17'S 122°19'E].
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC28248 6 slides, 18 speciments, Off Broome, Western Australia [18°17'S 122°19'E].

  Type host:

   Rhynchobatis sp. [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] (recorded as Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) (White-spotted Guitarfish), Rhynchobatidae, but this species occurs only in the Western Indian Ocean, so the identification requires checking. Parasite from spiral intestine.)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rhynchobatus sp. [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Wedgefish (host originally recorded as Rhynchobatus djiddensis Forsskål, 1775, but this name now applies to a species found only in the Western Indian Ocean; re-examination of host material is needed to determine its new name; definitive host)).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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	ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014	20-May-2023	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
25-Jan-2022	ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014	20-May-2023	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015	CESTODA	20-May-2023	MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	20-May-2023	MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	20-May-2023	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014	CESTODA	20-May-2023	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014		20-May-2023	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014		20-May-2023	MODIFIED
		20-May-2023	MODIFIED