Species Scyphophyllidium arnoldi (Ruhnke & Thompson, 2006)

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• 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] Sicklefin lemon shark

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

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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)).

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