- Tetrarhynchus pearsoni Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India, Part 1. Spolia Zeylanica 15: 169-312 [271].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1977.11.4.83-4, Sri Lanka.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC18012 Slide, Karachi, Pakistan.Type host:
Scomberomorus guttatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [SCOMBRIDAE]
Generic Combinations
- Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929). —
Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1989. Chimaerarhynchus n.g. and Patellobothrium n.g., two new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes with unique poeciloacanthous armatures, and a reorganisation of the poeciloacanthous trypanorhynch families. Systematic Parasitology 14: 209-225 [214] - Myrmillorhynchus pearsoni (Southwell, 1929). —
Bilqees, F.M. 1980. A new cestode genus Myrmillorhynchus (Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae) from the fish Myrmillo manazo (Blk.). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 12(2): 211-215
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Pristis zjisron (Bleeker, 1851) [PRISTIDAE] Green Sawfish (definitive host)).
General References
Schaeffner, B.C. & Beveridge, I. 2012. Cavearhynchus, a new genus of tapeworm (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae) from Himantura lobistoma Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006 (Rajiformes) off Borneo, including resdescriptions and new records of species of Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850. Systematic Parasitology 82: 147-165 (Australian record)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Nicholas Wee (ABRS) |
| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 14-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 25-Jan-2022 | TRYPANORHYNCHA Diesing, 1863 | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | Ms Jo Wood |
| 26-Nov-2015 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| CESTODA | 04-Feb-2014 | ADDED |