Genus Scyphophyllidium Woodland, 1927

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• Scyphophyllidium Woodland, W.N.F. 1927. A revised classification of the tetraphyllidean Cestoda, with descriptions of some Phyllobothriidae from Plymouth. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 95: 519–548.

Introduction

Jensen & Bullard (2010) proposed a classification scheme of 15 metacestode types/forms, of which eight were genetically matched to known genera. The form identified then as 'Larval Type IV (4)' was provided the generic identity of Paraorygmatobothrium. Cutmore et al. (2024) expanded upon the work of Jensen & Bullard (2010), and focused on metacestodes collected from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Using additional genetic data and updated cestode systematics, Cutmore et al. (2024) recognised 'Larval Type IV' as relating to two genera, Alexandercestus and Scyphophyllidium. See Cutmore et al. (2024) for potential teleost hosts - hosts not listed here as both genera occur in Australian waters, and not all metacestode/host combinations were genetically tested.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

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

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