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Title: Tetrabothriidea Baer, 1954

Author
item MARIAUX, JEAN - Museum D'Histoire Naturelle
item KUCHTA, ROMAN - Academy Of Science Of Czech Republic
item Hoberg, Eric

Submitted to: University of Kansas Natural History Museum Bulletin
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/28/2016
Publication Date: 8/1/2017
Citation: Mariaux, J., Kuchta, R., Hoberg, E.P. 2017. Tetrabothriidea Baer, 1954. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Bulletin. 25:357-370.

Interpretive Summary: Among the diverse assemblages of tapeworms that are parasites of vertebrates across the globe, those referred to the order Tetrabothriidea are among the most poorly known. As a primary group of parasites in marine ecosystems which circulate among seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans, the ca. 80 species in 6 genera are important indicators of historical ecology, trophic structure and biogeography extending deep into Earth history. Considerable cryptic diversity remains to be discovered in this dominant group of marine tapeworms. We explore current understandings of taxonomy, species diversity, along with host and geographic distributions for the species in the genera Tetrabothrius, Chaetophallus, Anophryocephalus, Trigonocotyle, and Priapocephalus and contribute to phylogenetic placement of this higher taxon within the tapeworms (Eucestoda). Our comprehensive summary, the first since French research in the 1950's and Russian work in the 1970's, is the foundation for future research on this parasite group, and will have broad applications in parasite systematics, diagnostics, ecology and wildlife disease studies by academic and government scientists.

Technical Abstract: There is no formal Technical Abstract for this chapter