Species Pedibothrium kerkhami (Southwell, 1911)

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• Phyllobothroides kerkhami Southwell, T. 1911. Description of nine new species of cestode parasites, including two new genera from marine fishes of Ceylon. Ceylon Marine Biology Report 5: 216-225 [221].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1999.12.17.11-23, Sri Lanka.

  Type host:

   Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin, 1879) [HEMISCYLLIIDAE] (identity of host in doubt)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Sri Lanka.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1830) [GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE] Tawny Shark (definitive host)).

 

General References

Caira, J.N. 1992. Verification of the multiple species of Pedibothrium in the Atlantic nurse shark with comments on the Australasian members of the genus. Journal of Parasitology 78: 289-308 (Australian record and host identity)

Caira, J.N., Tracy, R. & Euzet, L. 2004. Five new species of Pedibothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Oncobothriidae) from the tawny nurse shark, Nebrius ferrugineus, in the Pacific Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 90: 286-300 (discussion of identity of type host)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-May-2023	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
20-May-2023	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Nicholas Wee
05-Aug-2022	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
25-Jan-2022	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015	TETRAPHYLLIDEA Carus, 1863	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
06-Feb-2014		14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
		14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED