History of changes

• Ambitalveolus Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. 2022. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of ‘tetraphyllidean’ Clade 3 (Cestoda) based on new material from orectolobiform sharks in Australia and Taiwan. Folia Parasitologica 69(010) [3].
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  Type species:

   Ambitalveolus costelloae Caira & Jensen, 2022 by original designation.

Introduction

This genus currently resolves within the unnamed 'Clade 3' of Caira & Jensen (2017).

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 X', has been provided the generic identity of Ambitalveolus for Australian specimens by Cutmore et al. (2024), expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010), and focused on metacestodes collected from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, which has provided recognised teleost hosts for the genus.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse).

General References

Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. (eds.) 2017. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. Lawrence, KS, USA : University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Vol. Special Publication No. 25.

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

• Ambitalveolus costelloae Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. 2022. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of ‘tetraphyllidean’ Clade 3 (Cestoda) based on new material from orectolobiform sharks in Australia and Taiwan. Folia Parasitologica 69(010) [4].
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G239502, Pacific Ocean off Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia [32.173192 S, 152.510617 E].
  Paratype(s) QM G239503–G239504, same data as Holotype; LRP 2380, 2381, 2388, 2389–2396, same data as Holotype; USNM 1661751–1661753, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [BRACHAELURIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse).

History of changes

• Ambitalveolus kempi Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. 2022. Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of ‘tetraphyllidean’ Clade 3 (Cestoda) based on new material from orectolobiform sharks in Australia and Taiwan. Folia Parasitologica 69(010) [7].
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G239505, Pacific Ocean, off Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia [32.173192 S, 152.510617 E].
  Paratype(s) QM G239506–G239507, same data as Holotype; LRP 10429–10431, same data as Holotype; USNM 1661754–166755, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [BRACHAELURIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse).

History of changes

• Anthobothrium van Beneden, P.J. 1850. Recherches sur la faune 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:

   Anthobothrium cornucopia van Beneden, 1850 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 VI (6)', was provided the generic identity of Anthobothrium. Cutmore et al. (2024) expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010), and focused on metacestodes collected from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, which has provided additional genetic data and recognised teleost hosts for the genus.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Largetooth flounder; Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) [LABRIDAE] Yellow-brown wrasse; Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE] Mottled spinefoot; Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859) [NEMIPTERIDAE] Paradise whiptail; Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Silver seabream; Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) [SPARIDAE] Goldlined seabream; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal sergeant; Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackspot sergeant; Gracilimugil argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MUGILIDAE] Flat-tail mullet; Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Dusky flathead; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse; Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Australian bartail flathead; Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) [SYNODONTIDAE] Brushtooth lizardfish; Alepes apercna Grant, 1987 [CARANGIDAE] Smallmouth scad; Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall & Hoese, 1988) [APOGONIDAE] Sydney cardinalfish; Parma oligolepis Whitley, 1929 [POMACENTRIDAE] Big-scale parma; Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) [SERRANIDAE] Maori rockcod; Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [POMACENTRIDAE] Indo-Pacific sergeant; Sillago ciliata Cuvier, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Sand sillago; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley's sergeant; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [MICROCANTHIDAE] Stripey; Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE] Bluefish; Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 [SPHYRAENIDAE] Obtuse barracuda; Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Dory snapper; Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MONODACTYLIDAE] Silver moony; Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 [SCORPIDIDAE] Silver sweep; Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Smalltooth flounder; Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) [ARIIDAE] Blue salmon catfish; Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE] Trumpeter whiting; Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes, 1830 [LETHRINIDAE] Longspine emperor; Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [PINGUIPEDIDAE] Barred sandperch; Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Jansen's wrasse).

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

• Anthobothrium lesteri Williams, H.H., Burt, M.D.B. & Caira, J.N. 2004. Anthobothrium lesteri n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in Carcharhinus melanopterus from Heron Island, Australia, with comments on its site, mode of attachment, reproductive strategy and membership of the genus. Systematic Parasitology 59: 211-221 [213].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM 222884-222889, Heron Island, Qld; BMNH 2004.3.9.1-4, Heron Island, Qld; LRP 3259-3261, Heron Island, Qld.

  Type host:

   Carcharhinus melanopterus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Introduction

The species is now considered a member of the Tetraphyllidea following phylogenetic analyses of Caira & Jensen (2017); the species has not been assigned to a family, just placed in a group named only as "Clade 2".

Distribution

States

Queensland

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Carcharhinus melanopteros Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [CARCHARHINIDAE] Blacktip Reef Shark (definitive host)).

General References

Caira, J.N., Jensen, K. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2017. “Tetraphyllidea” van Beneden, 1849 relics. pp. 371–400 in Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. (eds.). Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. Lawrence, KS, USA : University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Vol. Special Publication No. 25.

History of changes

• Caulobothrium Baer, J.G. 1948. Contributions à l’étude des cestodes des sélaciens. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 71: 63-122.

  Type species:

   Echeneibothrium longicolle Linton, 1890 by original designation.

Introduction

This genus currently resolves within the unnamed 'Clade 4' of Caira & Jensen (2017).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. (eds.) 2017. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. Lawrence, KS, USA : University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Vol. Special Publication No. 25.

History of changes

• Caulobothrium pedunculatum Coleman, G.M., Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 2019. Caulobothrium pedunculatum sp. nov., a new species of cestode (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Australian stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 143(2): 167-174 [168, Figures 1–2].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA 36610.
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC 36611 1 specimen, Nickol Bay, WA [20°33’S, 116° 59ʹE]; SAMA AHC 36612–20 9 specimens, Fog Bay, NT [12° 45’S, 130° 11ʹE]; QM G 236562–236566 5 specimens, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, QLD [27°30'S 153°21'E].

  Type host:

   Pastinachus ater (Macleay) [DASYATIDAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Caulopatera Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2010. A new tetraphyllidean genus and species, Caulopatera pagei n.g., n.sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), from the grey carpetshark Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae). Systematic Parasitology 77: 13-22 [14].

  Type species:

   Caulopatera pagei Cutmore, Bennett & Cribb, 2010 by original designation.

Introduction

This genus currently resolves within the unnamed 'Clade 3' of Caira & Jensen (2017).

Distribution

States

Queensland

General References

Caira, J.N. & Jensen, K. (eds.) 2017. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. Lawrence, KS, USA : University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Vol. Special Publication No. 25.

History of changes

• Caulopatera pagei Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2010. A new tetraphyllidean genus and species, Caulopatera pagei n.g., n.sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae), from the grey carpetshark Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae). Systematic Parasitology 77: 13-22 [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G231742, St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°23'S 153°14'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G231743-56.

  Type host:

   Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 [HEMISCYLLIIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 [HEMISCYLLIIDAE] Grey Carpetshark (definitive host)).

History of changes