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Species Tetrabothrius (Neotetrabothrius) wrighti Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution: Antarctica.


Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

  • Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) [SPHENISCIDAE] Adelie Penguin (definitive); Aptenodytes forsteri G.R. Gray, 1844 [SPHENISCIDAE] Emperor Penguin (definitive)).

 

Note

Johnston, T.H. 1937. The Cestoda of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Scient. Rep. Australas. Antarct. Exped 10: 1–74 reported the species from Pygoscelis adeliae from Adelie Land. Prudhoe, S. 1969. Cestodes from fish, birds and whales. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1924-1931 B 8: 171–193, however, doubted that it was the same species of cestode.

 

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)
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 TETRABOTHRIIDEA Baer, 1954 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
26-Nov-2015 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
26-Nov-2015 TETRABOTHRIIDEA Baer, 1954 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED ABRS
06-Feb-2014 CESTODA 14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
14-Oct-2024 MODIFIED