- Phyllobothrium delphini Bosc, L.A.G. 1802. Histoire naturelle des vers, contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Paris : Guilleminet Vol. 2 300 pp.
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Europe.Type host:
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 [DELPHINIDAE]
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution: cosmopolitan.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 [DELPHINIDAE] Common Dolphin (Intermediate host); Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) [KOGIIDAE] Pygmy Sperm Whale (Intermediate host)).
General References
Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. II. Eutheria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 126-143 (Australian record)
Norman, J. de B. 1997. Tetraphyllidean cysticerci in the peritoneal cavity of the common dolphin. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 33: 891-895 (Australian record)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee (ABRS) |
| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Nov-2015 | TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Nov-2015 | TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED |