Journal article
Poecilorhynchus perplexus n. g., n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from the brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, from Australia
BC Schaeffner, I Beveridge
Systematic Parasitology | SPRINGER | Published : 2013
Abstract
A new genus of trypanorhynch cestodes is described from the brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle (Hemiscylliidae) from off Nickol Bay, Western Australia. Poecilorhynchus perplexus n. g., n. sp. is placed in the Eutetrarhynchidae Guiart, 1927 because it is characterised by an elongate, acraspedote scolex with two oval bothria, the absence of bothrial pits, elongate bulbs, the presence of gland-cells within the bulbs and prebulbar organs, retractor muscles inserting at the base of each bulb and an acraspedote strobila. It can be distinguished from all other genera in this family by its possession of a poeciloacanthous typical armature, with a chainette composed of tw..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to Bruce Robertson for the collection of material in Western Australia. We are also grateful to Joan Clark (Monash Micro Imaging, Monash University) for taking SEM micrographs. The collecting was funded by the Australian Biological Resources Study and other aspects by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (PBI award Nos. 0818696 and 0818823 to Janine N. Caira and Kirsten Jensen, respectively).