Species Pseudotobothrium dipsacum (Linton, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Otobothrium dipsacum Linton, E 1897. Notes on larval cestode parasites of fishes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 19: 787-824 [806].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNPC 4794, Atlantic Ocean.

  Type host:

   Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766 [POMATOMIDAE]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudotobothrium dipsacum (Linton, 1897). —
  Dollfus, R.-Ph. 1942. Etudes critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Museum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 19: 1-466

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: cosmopolitan.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) [SERRANIDAE] Barcheek Coral Trout (intermediate host); Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) [ACANTHURIDAE] Bignose Unicornfish (intermediate host); Istiompax indica (Cuvier, 1832) [ISTIOPHORIDAE] Black Marlin (intermediate host); Makaira nigricans Lacépède, 1802 [ISTIOPHORIDAE] Blue Marlin (intermediate host); Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Kuhl & Hasselt, 1828) [SERRANIDAE] Bluespotted Rockcod (intermediate host); Plectropomus leopardus (Lacépède, 1802) [SERRANIDAE] Common Coral Trout (intermediate host); Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) [SCOMBRIDAE] Dogtooth Tuna (intermediate host); Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822) [SERRANIDAE] Goldspotted Rockcod (intermediate host); Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw & Nodder, 1792) [ISTIOPHORIDAE] Sailfish (intermediate host); Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [CARANGIDAE] Silver Trevally (intermediate host); Abalistes stellatus (Anonymous, 1798) [BALISTIDAE] Starry Triggerfish (intermediate host); Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [BALISTIDAE] Wedgetail Triggerfish (intermediate host)).

 

General References

Beveridge, I., Campbell, R.A. & Jones, M.K. 2000. New records of the cestode genus Pseudotobothrium (Trypanorhyncha : Otobothriidae) from Australian fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 124: 151-162 (Australian record)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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
06-Feb-2014	CESTODA	14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
		14-Oct-2024	MODIFIED