Genus Anthobothrium van Beneden, 1850
- Anthobothrium van Beneden, P.J. 1850. Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique; les vers cestoides. Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres, et des beaux-arts de Belgique 25: 1-4.
Type species:
Anthobothrium cornucopia van Beneden, 1850 by original designation.
Introduction
Jensen & Bullard (2010) proposed a classification scheme of 15 metacestode types/forms, of which eight were genetically matched to known genera. The form then identified as 'Larval Type VI (6)', was provided the generic identity of Anthobothrium. Cutmore et al. (2024) expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010), and focused on metacestodes collected from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, which has provided additional genetic data and recognised teleost hosts for the genus.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, NE coast, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Metacestodes: endoparasitic (host(s): Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton, 1822) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Largetooth flounder; Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) [LABRIDAE] Yellow-brown wrasse; Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) [SIGANIDAE] Mottled spinefoot; Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859) [NEMIPTERIDAE] Paradise whiptail; Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) [SPARIDAE] Silver seabream; Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) [SPARIDAE] Goldlined seabream; Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) [POMACENTRIDAE] Bengal sergeant; Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) [POMACENTRIDAE] Blackspot sergeant; Gracilimugil argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [MUGILIDAE] Flat-tail mullet; Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Dusky flathead; Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) [LABRIDAE] Moon wrasse; Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 [PLATYCEPHALIDAE] Australian bartail flathead; Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) [SYNODONTIDAE] Brushtooth lizardfish; Alepes apercna Grant, 1987 [CARANGIDAE] Smallmouth scad; Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall & Hoese, 1988) [APOGONIDAE] Sydney cardinalfish; Parma oligolepis Whitley, 1929 [POMACENTRIDAE] Big-scale parma; Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) [SERRANIDAE] Maori rockcod; Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [POMACENTRIDAE] Indo-Pacific sergeant; Sillago ciliata Cuvier, 1829 [SILLAGINIDAE] Sand sillago; Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 [POMACENTRIDAE] Whitley's sergeant; Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) [MICROCANTHIDAE] Stripey; Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [POMATOMIDAE] Bluefish; Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 [SPHYRAENIDAE] Obtuse barracuda; Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) [LUTJANIDAE] Dory snapper; Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MONODACTYLIDAE] Silver moony; Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865 [SCORPIDIDAE] Silver sweep; Pseudorhombus jenynsii (Bleeker, 1855) [PARALICHTHYIDAE] Smalltooth flounder; Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) [ARIIDAE] Blue salmon catfish; Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 [LABRIDAE] Günther's wrasse; Sillago maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [SILLAGINIDAE] Trumpeter whiting; Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes, 1830 [LETHRINIDAE] Longspine emperor; Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [PINGUIPEDIDAE] Barred sandperch; Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) [LABRIDAE] Jansen's wrasse).
General References
Cutmore, S.C., Bennett, M.B. & Cribb, T.H. 2024. Morphological and molecular identification of metacestodes infecting teleost fishes of Moreton Bay, Australia. Systematic Parasitology 101: 57
Jensen, K. & Bullard, S.A. 2010. Characterization of a diversity of tetraphyllidean and rhinebothriidean cestode larval types, with comments on host associations and life-cycles. International Journal for Parasitology 40: 889–910
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Mar-2025 | CESTODA | 29-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Nicholas Wee (ABRS) |
| 06-Feb-2014 | CESTODA | 06-Feb-2014 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Feb-2014 | 15-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |