Genus Pedibothrium Linton, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pedibothrium Linton, E. 1909. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestoda. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 102: 157-190.

  Type species:

   Pedibothrium globicephalum Linton, 1909 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Jensen & Bullard (2010) proposed a classification scheme of 15 metacestode types/forms, of which eight were genetically matched to known genera. The form then identified as 'Larval Type V (5)' could not be assigned to a genus. Cutmore et al. (2024) expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010) and was able to match metacestodes collected from teleost fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, to species of the genus Pedibothrium. These teleost hosts are listed below.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, N coast, NE coast
• French Polynesia

Oriental Region

• India

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes, 1830 [LETHRINIDAE] Longspine emperor; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal sergeant; Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 [SCORPIDIDAE] Silver sweep; Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall & Hoese, 1988) [APOGONIDAE] Sydney cardinalfish; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [MICROCANTHIDAE] Stripey; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley's sergeant).

 

General References

Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2024. Morphological and molecular identification of metacestodes infecting teleost fishes of Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 101: 57

Jensen, K. & Bullard, S.A. 2010. Characterization of a diversity of tetraphyllidean and rhinebothriidean cestode larval types, with comments on host associations and life-cycles. International Journal for Parasitology 40: 889–910

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CESTODA	28-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee (ABRS)
06-Feb-2014	CESTODA	06-Feb-2014	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014		15-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)