Species Otobothrium crenacolle Linton, 1890
- Otobothrium crenacolle Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England. Part II. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1887. Washington. pp. 719-900.
Type data:
Neotype USNPC 7695, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.Type host:
Sphyrna lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834 [SPHYRNIDAE]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
USA, Mozambique, Burma
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1842) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Blacktip Reef Shark (definitive host); Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Blacktip Shark (definitive host); Carcharhinus amboinensis (Müller & Henle, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Pigeye Shark (definitive host)).
General References
Beveridge, I. & Justine, J.-L. 2007. Redescriptions of four species of Otobothrium Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) , including new records from Australia, New Caledonia and Malaysia, with the description of O. parvum n. sp. Zootaxa 1587: 1-25 (redescription)
Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. 2013. Redescriptions and new records of species of Otobothrium Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Systematic Parasitology 84: 17-55 [Australian record] (Australian records)
History of changes
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| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| CESTODA | 03-Feb-2014 | ADDED |