Species Acanthobothrium matttaylori Fyler & Caira, 2011

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• Acanthobothrium matttaylori 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.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G232508, Gove Harbor, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia [12°11′38″S, 136°41′11″E].

  Type host:

   Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [Rhynchobatidae]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rhynchobatus laevis (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [RHYNCHOBATIDAE] Smoothnose Wedgefish (definitive host)).

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