Species Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906)
- Tetrarhynchus platycephalum Shipley, A.E. & Hornell, J. 1906. Cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. In, Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. pp. 43-96 [86].
Type data:
Holotype VNHM 2100, Sri Lanka.
Paratype(s) VNNM 3329, Sri Lanka.Type host:
Himantura walga (Müller & Henle, 1841) [DASYATIDAE]
Generic Combinations
- Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906). —
Dollfus, R-P. 1930. Sur les Tetrarhynques (2e Contribution) (Dibothriorhynchus, Sphyriocephala, Tentacularia, Nybelinia). Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 29: 139–216
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Sri Lanka
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, N coast, S Gulfs coast
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Himantura jenkinsii (Annandale, 1909) [DASYATIDAE] Jenkins’ Whipray (definitive host); Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906 [DASYATIDAE] Pink Whipray (definitive host); Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875) [DASYATIDAE] Smooth Sting Ray (definitive host); Urolophus paucimaculatus Dixon, 1969 [UROLOPHIDAE] Sparsely Spotted Stingaree (definitive host); Urolophus gigas Scott, 1954 [UROLOPHIDAE] Spotted Stingaree (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
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 | |
CESTODA | 04-Feb-2014 | ADDED |