Species Platybothrium spinulifera Southwell, 1912
- Platybothrium spinulifera Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biology Report 1: 259-278 [262].
Type data:
Neotype SAMA AHC28504 Slide, Mackay, Queensland [21°06'S 149°14'E].Type host:
Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) [CARCHARHINIDAE] (Parasite from spiral intestine)
Generic Combinations
- Dicranobothrium spinulifera (Southwell, 1912). —
Euzet, L. 1953. Dicranobothrium, un nouveau genre de cestode tétraphyllide, parasite de sélaciens. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 3: 87-91 [87]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution: Sri Lanka.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast, NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) [CARCHARHINIDAE] Tiger Shark (definitive host)).
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 [84] (Australian record)
Healy, C.J. 2003. A revision of Platybothrium Linton, 1890 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae), with a phylogenetic analysis and comments on host-parasite associations. Systematic Parasitology 56: 85-139 (Australian records)
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) |
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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 | ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014 | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
25-Jan-2022 | ONCHOPROTEOCEPHALIDEA Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014 | 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 |