- Tetrarhynchobothrium Diesing, K.M. 1854. Ueber eine naturgemässe Verteilung der Cephalocotyleen. Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 13(Abt. I): 555-616 [576].
Type species:
Tetrarhynchobothrium tenuicolle Diesing, 1854 by original designation.
Introduction
Tetrarhynchobothrium was placed in the Tetrarhynchobothriidae by Campbell & Beveridge (1994), but subsequent phylogenetic analyses led Caira & Jensen (2017) to move the genus to the Eutetrarhynchidae.
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, S Gulfs coast
General References
Campbell, R.A. & Beveridge, I. 1994. Order Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. pp. 51-148 in Khalil, L.F., Jones, A. & Bray, R.A. (eds). Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates. Wallingford, UK : Commonwealth Agriculture Bureaux International 751 pp.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2023 | CESTODA | 21-Apr-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 06-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |
- Tetrarhynchobothrium australe Beveridge, I. & Campbell, R.A. 1988. A review of the Tetrarhynchobothriidae Dollfus, 1969 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with descriptions of two new genera, Didymorhynchus and Zygorhynchus. Systematic Parasitology 12: 3-29 [5].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA AHC44092 Slide, Young Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Paratype(s) SAMA AHC17254, AHC17311 Slides, Young Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia; BMNH 1987.8.25.3, Young Rocks, Kangaroo Island, SA.Type host:
Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 [MYLIOBATIDAE] (Parasite from spiral valve)
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Myliobatis australis Macleay, 1881 [MYLIOBATIDAE] Southern Eagle Ray (definitive host)), endoparasitic (host(s): Amusium balloti (Bernardi, 1861) [PECTINIDAE] Scallop (intermediate host)).
History of changes
| 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 | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Mar-2025 | MODIFIED |