Species Scyphophyllidium janineae (Ruhnke, Healy & Shapero, 2006)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paraorygmatobothrium janineae Ruhnke, T.R., Healy, C. & Shapero, S. 2006. Two new species of Paraorymatobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from weasel sharks (Carchariniformes: Hemigaleidae) of Australia and Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92: 145-150 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 6225285, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E].
  Paratype(s) QM 6225286-7, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E]; USNPC 96657-9, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E]; LRP 3376-9, Arafura Sea, NT [136.51°S 10.34°E].

  Type host:

   Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) [HEMIGALEIDAE] (Fossil shark)

Generic Combinations

• Scyphophyllidium janineae (Ruhnke, Healy & Shapero, 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): Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871) [HEMIGALEIDAE] Fossil Shark (definitive host)).

History of changes