History of changes

Introduction

The Phyllobothriidae are an exceptionally large family of tetraphyllidean cestodes characterised by the presence of four often highly modified bothridia with crenulate margins or numerous internal loculi (Euzet, 1994). The family is almost certainly polyphyletic (Caira et al. 1999, 2001).

Only a small number of Australian representatives of this family have been described. Large numbers of undescribed species are present in the collections of the South Australin Museum.

General References

Caira, J.N., Jensen, K. & Healy, C.J. 1999. On the phylogenetic relationships among tetraphyllidean, lecanicephalidean and diphyllidean tapeworm genera. Systematic Parasitology 42: 77-151

Caira, J.N., Jensen, K. & Healy, C.J. 2001. Interrelationships among tetraphyllidean and lecanicephalidean cestodes. pp. 135-138 in Littlewood, D.J.T. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes. London, UK : The Systematics Association, Taylor & Francis 356 pp.

Euzet, L. 1994. Order Tetraphyllidea Carus, 1863. pp. 149-194 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.

History of changes

• Alexandercestus Ruhnke, T.R. & Workman, R.E. 2013. Two new species and a new phyllobothriid cestode genus from sharks of the genus Negaprion Whitley (Carcharhiniformes). Systematic Parasitology 85: 37–48.

  Type species:

   Alexandercestus gibsoni Ruhnke & Workman, 2013 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Alexandercestus gibsoni Ruhnke, T.R. & Workman, R.E. 2013. Two new species and a new phyllobothriid cestode genus from sharks of the genus Negaprion Whitley (Carcharhiniformes). Systematic Parasitology 85: 37–48.

  Type data:

   Holotype USNPC 106389, Off Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean [Lat/Long not provided].
  Paratype(s) USNPC 106390 (Locality not specified - could be one of three localities: 1) Off Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, 2) Fog Bay, Timor Sea, Dundee Beach, Australia, 3) off Buffalo Creek, Timor Sea, Darwin, Australia), Locality unsure; LRP 7953–7956, Same data as Holotype; LRP 7957, off Buffalo Creek, Timor Sea, Darwin, Australia [12° 20' 11" S, 130° 54’ 39” E]; QM G234104–G234106, Same data as Holotype; QM G234107, Fog Bay, Timor Sea, Dundee Beach, Australia [12° 45' 33" S, 130° 21’ 7” E].

  Type host:

   Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Sicklefin lemon shark

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Also reported from the Marshall Islands

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

History of changes

• Bibursibothrium McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421 [416].

  Type species:

   Bibursibothrium gouldeni McKenzie & Caira, 1998 by monotypy.

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

History of changes

• Bibursibothridium gouldeni McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421 [416].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G214137, San Remo, VIC.
  Paratype(s) QM G214138-42, San Remo, VIC; SAMA AHC27920-AHC27923 Slides, Bass Strait off San Remo, Victoria [35°42'S 150°41'E]; USNPC 87579, San Remo, VIC; HWML 39624, San Remo, VIC.

  Type host:

   Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIOPHORIDAE] (Parasite from spiral intestine)

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIOPHORIDAE] Common Sawshark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Cardiobothrium McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421 [415].

  Type species:

   Cardiobothrium beveridgei McKenzie & Caira, 1998 by monotypy.

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

History of changes

• Cardiobothrium beveridgei McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G214130, San Remo, VIC.
  Paratype(s) QM G214131-6, San Remo, VIC; SAMA AHC27930-AHC27934 Slides, Off San Remo, Victoria [35°42'S 150°41'E]; USNPC 87578, San Remo, VIC; HWML 39623, San Remo, VIC.

  Type host:

   Pristiophurus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIOPHORIDAE] (Parasite from spiral intestine)

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIOPHORIDAE] Common Sawshark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Clistobothrium Dailey, M.D. & Vogelbein, W. 1990. Clistobothrium carcharodoni gen. et sp. n. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) from the spiral valve of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 57(2): 108–112.

  Type species:

   Clistobothrium carcharodoni Dailey & Vogelbein, 1990 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

History of changes

• 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

• Clistobothrium delphini (Bosc, 1802). —
  Caira. J.N., Jensen, K., Pickering, M., Ruhnke, T.R. & Gallagher, K.A. 2020. Intrigue surrounding the life-cycles of species of Clistobothrium (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) parasitising large pelagic sharks. International Journal for Parasitology 50: 1043–1055

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

• Monorygma grimaldi Baylis, H.A. 1919. A remarkable Cysticercus from a rare dolphin (Cysticercus taeniae grimaldii, Moniez, 1889). Annals and Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History 9 3: 417–424.
• Taenia grimaldii Moniez, R. 1899. Sur la larve de Taenia grimaldii n. sp., parasite du dauphin. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 2: 825-827.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Atlantic Ocean.

  Type host:

   Delphinus sp. [DELPHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Clistobothrium grimaldii (Moniez, 1899). —
  Caira. J.N., Jensen, K., Pickering, M., Ruhnke, T.R. & Gallagher, K.A. 2020. Intrigue surrounding the life-cycles of species of Clistobothrium (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) parasitising large pelagic sharks. International Journal for Parasitology 50: 1043–1055

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: cosmopolitan.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, 1758 [DELPHINIDAE] Common Dolphin; Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser, 1956 [DELPHINIDAE] Fraser's Dolphin (intermediate host); Peponocephala electra (J.E. Gray, 1846) [DELPHINIDAE] Melon-headed Whale (intermediate host)).

Note

The status of the genus Monorygma is controversial; some authors consider M. grimaldii to be the same species as Phyllobothrium chamissonii.

General References

Cannon, L.R.G. 1977. Some aspects of the biology of Peponocephala electra (Cetacea: Delphinidae) II. Parasites. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 717-722 (Australian record as Phyllobothrium chamissonii Linton, 1905)

McColl, K.A. & Obendorf, D.L. 1982. Helminth parasites and associated pathology in stranded Fraser's dolphins, Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser, 1956). Aquatic Mammals 9: 30-34 (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

• Crossobothrium Linton, E. 1889. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England. Annual Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries 14: 453-511.

  Type species:

   Crossobothrium laciniatum Linton, 1889 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast

History of changes

• Orygmatobothrium dohrnii Oerley, L. 1885. A czápáknak és Rájáknak belfergei. Természetrajzi Füzetek 9: 97-126.

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Mediterranean Sea.

  Type host:

   Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) [HEXANCHIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Palaearctic Region.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) [HEXANCHIDAE] Sharpnose Sevengill Shark (definitive host)).

General References

Robinson, E.S. 1964. Cestoda (Tetraphyllidea and Trypanorhyncha) from marine fishes of New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 26: 341-348 [341] (Australian record)

History of changes

• Flexibothrium McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421 [410].

  Type species:

   Flexibothrium ruhnkei McKenzie & Caira, 1998 by monotypy.

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

History of changes

• Flexibothrium ruhnkei McKenzie, V.J. & Caira, J.N. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with comments on their mode of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology 84: 409-421 [410].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G214121, San Remo, VIC.
  Paratype(s) QM G214122-9, San Remo, VIC; SAMA AHC27924-AHC27929 Slides, Off San Remo, Victoria [35°42'S 150°41'E]; USNPC 87577, San Remo, VIC; HWML 39625, San Remo, VIC.

  Type host:

   Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIO] (Parasite from spiral intestine)

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pristiophorus cirratus (Latham, 1794) [PRISTIOPHORIDAE] Common Sawshark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Hemipristicola Cutmore, S.C., Theiss, S.M., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2011. Hemipristicola gunterae gen.n., sp. n. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from the snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongata (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae), from Moreton Bay, Australia. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 58: 187-196 [190].

  Type species:

   Hemipristicola gunterae Cutmore, Theiss, Bennett & Cribb, 2011 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Hemipristicola gunterae Cutmore, S.C., Theiss, S.M., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2011. Hemipristicola gunterae gen.n., sp. n. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from the snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis elongata (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae), from Moreton Bay, Australia. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 58: 187-196 [191].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G232173, Wynnum Banks, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27º25’S 153º10’E].
  Paratype(s) QM G232174-81, Wynnum Banks, Moreton Bay, Queensland [27º25’S 153º10’E].

  Type host:

   Hempristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) [HEMIGALEIDAE]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Hempristis elongata Klunzinger, 1871 [HEMIGALEIDAE] Snaggletooth Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Monorygma Diesing, K.M 1863. Revision der Cephalocotyleen. Abteilung Paramecotyleen. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 48: 200-345.

  Type species:

   Monorygma perfectum (van Beneden, 1853) Diesing, 1863 by original designation.

Distribution

History of changes

• Phyllobothrium magnum Hart, J.G. 1936. Cestoda from fishes of Puget Sound. III. Phyllobothrioidea. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 55: 488-496.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Puget Sound.

  Type host:

   Somniosus microcephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [DALATIIDAE]
• Monorygma macquariae Johnston, T.H. 1937. The Cestoda of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition, 1911-1914 C (Zoology and Botany) 10: 1-74 [24].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Macquarie Island.

  Type host:

   Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 [DALATIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Monorygma magnum (Hart, 1936). —
  Williams, H.H. 1968. The taxonomy, ecology and host-specificity of some Phyllobothriidae (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), a critical revision of Phyllobothrium Beneden, 1949 and comments on some allied genera. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 253(786): 231–307

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Puget Sound, USA.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 [DALATIIDAE] Pacific Sleeper Shark (definitive host)).

General References

Johnston, T.H. 1937. The Cestoda of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C (Zoology and Botany) 10(4): 1-74 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Pentaloculum Alexander, C.G. 1963. Tetraphyllidean and diphyllidean cestodes of New Zealand selachians. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 3: 117–142.

  Type species:

   Pentaloculum macrocephalum Alexander, 1963 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Pentaloculum grahami Bueno, V.M. & Caira, J.N. 2023. Phylogenetic relationships, host associations, and three new species of a poorly known group of “tetraphyllidean” tapeworms from elasmobranchs. Zootaxa 5254(1): 030–050.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G240343, Crowdy Head, New South Wales, Australia [31°50’S, 152°45’E].
  Paratype(s) QM G240344–G240345, same data as Holotype; USNM 1678892–1678893, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Parascyllium collare Ramsay & Ogilby, 1888 [PARASCYLLIIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

History of changes

• Phyllobothrium 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:

   Phyllobothrium lactuca van Beneden, 1849 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Macquarie Island (Aust. Terr.)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

History of changes

• Phyllobothrium lactuca 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 data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, coast of Belgium.

  Type host:

   Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758 [TRIAKIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Europe.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Mustelus antarcticus Günther, 1870 [TRIAKIDAE] Gummy Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Phyllobothrium vagans Haswell, W.A. 1902. On a cestode from Cestracion. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science n. ser 46: 399-415 [401].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Sydney, NSW.

  Type host:

   Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) [HETERODONTIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) [HETERODONTIDAE] Port Jackson Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Scyphophyllidium Woodland, W.N.F. 1927. A revised classification of the tetraphyllidean Cestoda, with descriptions of some Phyllobothriidae from Plymouth. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 95: 519–548.

Introduction

Jensen & Bullard (2010) proposed a classification scheme of 15 metacestode types/forms, of which eight were genetically matched to known genera. The form identified then as 'Larval Type IV (4)' was provided the generic identity of Paraorygmatobothrium. Cutmore et al. (2024) expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010), and focused on metacestodes collected from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Using additional genetic data and updated cestode systematics, Cutmore et al. (2024) recognised 'Larval Type IV' as relating to two genera, Alexandercestus and Scyphophyllidium. See Cutmore et al. (2024) for potential teleost hosts - hosts not listed here as both genera occur in Australian waters, and not all metacestode/host combinations were genetically tested.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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

• Paraorygmatobothrium arnoldi Ruhnke, T.R. & Thompson, V.A. 2006. Two new species of Paraorygmatobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from the lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris and Negaprion acutidens (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae). Comparative Parasitology 73: 35-41 [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G225519, Dundee Beach, NT [12°50'S 130°12'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G225520-2, Dundee Beach, NT [12°50'S 130°12'E]; USNPC 97301, Dundee Beach, NT [12°50'S 130°12'E]; LRP 3781-6, Dundee Beach, NT [12°50'S 130°12'E].

  Type host:

   Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium arnoldi (Ruhnke & Thompson, 2006). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Sicklefin Lemon Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium christopheri Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B., Miller, T.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Systematic Parasitology 94: 941–970.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G233220, Western Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°22'S, 153°13'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G233221–G233226, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium christopheri (Cutmore, Bennett, Miller & Cribb, 2017). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Marsupiobothrium gobelinus Caira, J.N. & Runkle, L.S. 1993. Two new tapeworms from the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni off Australia. Systematic Parasitology 26: 81-90 [85].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL 18272, Ulladulla, NSW.
  Paratype(s) QM GL 18273-86, Ulladulla, NSW; USNPC 82574, Ulladulla, NSW; HWML 35514, Ulladulla, NSW.

  Type host:

   Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 [MITSUKURINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium gobelinus (Caira & Runkle, 1993). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 [MITSUKURINIDAE] Goblin Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium harti Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B., Miller, T.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Systematic Parasitology 94: 941–970.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G233244, Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia [27°31'S, 152°59'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G233245–G233259, Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia; Western Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°31'S, 152°59'E; 27°22'S, 153°13'E].

  Type host:

   Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium harti (Cutmore, Bennett, Miller & Cribb, 2017). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium janineae Ruhnke, T.R., Healy, C. & Shapero, S. 2006. Two new species of Paraorymatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from weasel sharks (Carchariniformes: Hemigaleidae) of Australia and Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92: 145-150 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 6225285, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E].
  Paratype(s) QM 6225286-7, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E]; USNPC 96657-9, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E]; LRP 3376-9, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E].

  Type host:

   Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) [HEMIGALEIDAE] (Fossil shark)

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium janineae (Ruhnke, Healy & Shapero, 2006). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) [HEMIGALEIDAE] Fossil Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium kirstenae Ruhnke, T.R., Healy, C. & Shapero, S. 2006. Two new species of Paraorymatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from weasel sharks (Carchariniformes: Hemigaleidae) of Australia and Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92: 145-150 [147].

  Type data:

   Holotype MZUM 157, Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia [02°54'N 112°6'E].
  Paratype(s) USNPC 96655-6, Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia [02°54'N 112°6'E]; LRP 3373-5, Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia [02°54'N 112°6'E].

  Type host:

   Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852 [HEMIGALEIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium kirstenae (Ruhnke, Healy & Shapero, 2006). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Oriental Region

• Malaysia

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852 [HEMIGALEIDAE] Weasel Shark (definitive host)).

General References

Ruhnke, T.R., Healy, C. & Shapero, S. 2006. Two new species of Paraorymatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from weasel sharks (Carchariniformes: Hemigaleidae) of Australia and Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92: 145-150 (Australian record)

History of changes

• Orectolobicestus lorettae Ruhnke,T.R., Caira, J.N. & Carpenter, S.D. 2006. Orectolobicestus n.g. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) with the description of five new species and the transfer of Phyllobothrium chiloscyllii to the new genus. Systematic Parasitology 65: 215-233 [221].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G225674, Coral Sea, off Cairns, Qld [16°55'S 145°41'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G225675-225767, Coral Sea, off Cairns, Qld [16°55'S 145°41'E]; USNPC 97494, Coral Sea, off Cairns, Qld [16°55'S 145°41'E]; LRP 3878-3881, Coral Sea, off Cairns, Qld [16°55'S 145°41'E].

  Type host:

   Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 [HEMISCYLLIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium lorettae (Ruhnke, Caira & Carpenter, 2006). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Pithophorus musculosum Subhapradha, C.K. 1955. Cestode parasites of fishes of Madras Coast. Indian Journal of Helminthology 7: 41-132.

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Madras Coast, India.

  Type host:

   Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Doliobothrium musculosum (Subhapradha, 1955).
• Scyphophyllidium musculosum (Subhapradha, 1955). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Bay of Bengal, India

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Rhizoprionodon acutus Rüppell, 1837 [CARCHARHINIDAE] Milk Shark (definitive host)).

General References

Caira, J.N., Malek, M. & Ruhnke, T. 2011. A new genus of Phyllobothriidae (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in carcharhiniform sharks from Iran and Australia. Journal of Helminthology 85: 40-50 [45] (Australian record)

History of changes

• Phyllobothrium orectolobi Butler, S.A. 1987. Taxonomy of some tetraphyllidean cestodes from elasmobranch fishes. Australian Journal of Zoology 35: 343-371 [348].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GL4617, Moreton Bay, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM GL4618-20, Moreton Bay, QLD.

  Type host:

   Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [ORECTOLOBIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium orectolobi (Butler, 1987). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25
• Paraorygmatobothrium orectolobi (Butler, 1987). —
  Ruhnke, T.R. 2011. Tapeworms of elasmobranchs (Part III). A monograph on the Phyllobothriidae (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 25: 205 pp.

Distribution

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [ORECTOLOBIDAE] Spotted Wobbegong (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium rodmani Ruhnke, T.R. & Carpenter, S.D. 2008. Two new species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from the smooth-hound Mustelus mustelus (L.) and the gummy shark M. antarcticus Günther (Carchariniformes: Triakidae). Systematic Parasitology 71: 213-222 [217].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G230361, Port Albert, Vic [38°40'S 146°41'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G230362; QM 100854; LRP 4185-8.

  Type host:

   Mustelus antacticus (Günther, 1870) [TRIAKIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium rodmani (Ruhnke & Carpenter, 2008). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Mustelus antacticus (Günther, 1870) [TRIAKIDAE] Gummy Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium sinclairtaylori Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B., Miller, T.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Systematic Parasitology 94: 941–970.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G233260, Western Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°22'S, 153°13'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G233261–G233283, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes, 1839) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium sinclairtaylori (Cutmore, Bennett, Miller & Cribb, 2017). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium taylori Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2009. Paraorygmatobothrium taylori n. sp. (Tetraphyllidea: Phyllobothriidae) from the Australian weasel shark Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae). Systematic Parasitology 74(1): 49-58.

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G 231303, St Helena Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°22'S 153°11'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G 231304-7.

  Type host:

   Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno, 2005 [HEMIGALEIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium taylori (Cutmore, Bennett & Cribb, 2009). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Hemigaleus australiensis White, Last & Compagno, 2005 [HEMIGALEIDAE] Australian Weasel Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes

• Paraorygmatobothrium ullmanni Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B., Miller, T.L. & Cribb, T.H. 2017. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Systematic Parasitology 94: 941–970.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM G233227, Western Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°22'S, 153°13'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G233228–G233243, same data as Holotype.

  Type host:

   Carcharhinus cautus (Whitley, 1945) [CARCHARHINIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium ullmanni (Cutmore, Bennett, Miller & Cribb, 2017). —
  Caira, J.N., Jensen, K., Hayes, C. & Ruhnke, T.R. 2020. Insights from new cestodes of the crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Lamniformes: Pseudocarchariidae), prompt expansion of Scyphyophyllidum and formal synonymization of seven phyllobothriidean genera – at last!. Journal of Helminthology 94(e132): 1–25

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Trilocularia Olsson, P. 1867. Entozoa, iakttagna hos Skandinaviska Hafsfiskar. Platyhelminthes. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 3: 41-59.

  Type species:

   Trilocularia acanthiaevulgaris Olsson, 1867 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

History of changes

• Trilocularia acanthiaevulgaris Olsson, P. 1867. Entozoa, iakttagna hos Skandinaviska Hafsfiskar. Platyhelminthes. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 3: 41-59.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Europe.

  Type host:

   Squalus acanthias Smith & Radcliff, 1912 [SQUALIDAE] (as Acanthias vulgaris Risso, 1827)
• Trilocularia gracilis Olsson, P. 1867. Entozoa, iakttagna hos Skandinaviska hafsfiskar. I. Platyelminthes. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift 4(8): 64 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Europe.

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Yamaguticestus Caira, J.N., Bueno, V. & Jensen, K. 2021. Emerging global novelty in phyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from sharks and skates (Elasmobranchii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(4): 1336-1363.
  Zoobank Registration Number:B380C792-EF6D-47B5-A28C-91AE303CE3F2

  Type species:

   Yamaguticestus metini Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Yamaguticestus tuncurryensis Caira, J.N., Pickering, M. & Jensen, K. 2021. Expanding known global biodiversity of Yamaguticestus (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) parasitizing catsharks (Pentanchidae and Scyliorhinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 19(7): 875-894.
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  Type data:

   Holotype QM, off Tuncurry, NSW. [32 10'23.49"S, 152 30'38.66E].

  Type host:

   Asymbolus analis Ogilby, 1885

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Anthobothrium hickman Crowcroft, P.W. 1947. Note on Anthobothrium hickmani, a new cestode from the Tasmanian electric ray (Narcine tasmaniensis Richardson). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1946: 1-4.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH K675-682, Tasmania.

  Type host:

   Narcinops tasmaniensis (Richardson, 1841) [NARCINIDAE] (Reported as Narcine tasmaniensis>/em>)