Genus Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849
- Acanthobothrium van Beneden, P.J. 1849. Recherches sur la fauna littorale de Belgique; les vers cestoides. Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres, et des beaux-arts de Belgique 25: 1-4.
Type species:
Bothriocephalus coronatum Rudolphi, 1819 (=Acanthobothrium coronatum (Rudolphi, 1819)) by original designation.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
- Tasmania: Tas. coast
General References
Fyler, C.A., Caira J.N. & Jensen, K. 2009. Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 56: 107-128
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
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 06-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | 15-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Feb-2014 | 29-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |