Journal article
Larval trypanorhynch cestodes in teleost fish from Moreton Bay, Queensland
I Beveridge, TH Cribb, SC Cutmore
Marine and Freshwater Research | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1071/MF17010
Abstract
During a helminthological examination of teleost fish of Moreton Bay (Qld, Australia), 976 fish from 13 orders, 57 families and 133 species were examined and nine species of trypanorhynch metacestodes were identified. Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) was the most frequently encountered species, found in 16 species of fish, with Callitetrarhynchus speciosus (Linton, 1897), Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929), Otobothrium alexanderi Palm, 2004, Otobothrium mugilis Hiscock, 1954, Otobothrium parvum Beveridge & Justine, 2007, Proemotobothrium southwelli Beveridge & Campbell, 2001, Pseudotobothrium dipsacum (Linton, 1897) and Heteronybelinia cf. heteromorphi Palm, 1999 occurring ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This project was supported financially by the Australian Biological Resources Study National Taxonomy Research Grant RF215-40. The authors thank John Page and Dave Thompson for assistance with the collection of teleost hosts and Rod Bray, Storm Martin, Daniel Huston, Russell Yong, Xena Brooks, Nicholas Wee and Hoi Yan Iao for assistance with dissections. The authors thank Jeff Johnson of the Queensland Museum for assistance with fish identifications.