ZooKeys 650: Annotated Checklist of Fish Cestodes from South America

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South America is a megadiverse continent, including at least five of the world’s biodiversity ‘hotspots’, more than 30,000 km of coastline and two of the 10 largest freshwater drainage systems of the world, i.e. the Amazon and Paraná River basins, which is reflected in its species-rich ichthyofauna. Bearing that in mind, one might expect a high diversity of fish cestodes as well, even though there are no comprehensive checklists or other faunistic studies encompassing the whole continent that could provide an overview of the cestode diversity. Tapeworms (Cestoda) are a monophyletic assemblage of flatworms (phylum Platyhelminthes), their second species richest group with more than 5,000 species in 751 recognised genera; all are obligate internal parasites of vertebrates. The cestodes have radiated through marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments and their complex life cycles include one or more intermediate hosts in a wide array of animal phyla. The present paper aims at addressing the following objectives: (1) to provide for the first time an annotated checklist that summarizes records of cestodes in marine and freshwater cartilaginous and bony fishes from South America, including detailed information on their hosts, site of infection, geographical distribution, stage of development and molecular data; (2) to critically assess doubtful reports; and (3) to depict the problems that impede a better understanding of the diversity and host associations of cestodes in South America.

Contents

Introduction   4
Materials and methods   5
Parasite-Host List   7
Class Cestoda Rudolphi, 1808   7
      Order Amphilinidea Poche, 1922   7
            Family Amphilinidae Claus, 1879   7
      Order Bothriocephalidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008   7
            Family Bothriocephalidae Blanchard, 1849   7
            Family Echinophallidae Schumacher, 1914   10
            Family Triaenophoridae Lönnberg, 1899   10
      Order Caryophyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863   13
      Order Cathetocephalidea Schmidt & Beveridge, 1990   13
            Family Cathetocephalidae Dailey & Overstreet, 1973   13
            Family Disculicepitidae Joyeux & Baer, 1935   13
      Order Cyclophyllidea van Beneden in Braun, 1900   14
            Family Gryporhynchidae Spassky & Spasskaya, 1973   14
      Order Diphyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863   15
            Family Echinobothriidae Perrier, 1897   15
      Order Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta, Scholz, Brabec & Bray, 2008   16
            Family Diphyllobothriidae Lühe, 1910   16
      Order Gyrocotylidea Poche, 1926   22
            Family Gyrocotylidae Benham, 1901   22
      Order Lecanicephalidea Wardle & McLeod, 1952   23
            Family Aberrapecidae Jensen, Caira, Cielocha, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016   23
            Family Cephalobothriidae Pintner, 1928   23
            Family Lecanicephalidae Braun, 1900   23
            Family Paraberrapecidae Jensen, Caira, Cielocha, Littlewood & Waeschenbach, 2016   23
            Family Polypocephalidae Meggitt, 1924   23
      Order Onchoproteocephalidea Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014   24
      Family Onchobothriidae Braun, 1900   24
      Family Prosobothriidae Baer & Euzet, 1955   31
      Family Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911   31
            Subfamily Corallobothriinae Freze, 1965   32
            Subfamily Endorchiinae Woodland, 1934   33
            Subfamily Ephedrocephalinae Mola, 1929   34
            Subfamily Monticelliinae Mola, 1929   34
            Subfamily Nupeliinae Pavanelli & Rego, 1991   42
            Subfamily Peltidocotylinae Woodland, 1934   43
            Subfamily Proteocephalinae La Rue, 1911   45
            Subfamily Rudolphiellinae Woodland, 1935   53
            Subfamily Zygobothriinae Woodland, 1933   54
      Order Phyllobothriidea Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014   66
            Family Phyllobothriidae Braun, 1900   66
      Order Rhinebothriidea Healy, Caira, Jensen, Webster & Littlewood, 2009   70
            Family Anthocephaliidae Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015   70
            Family Echeneibothriidae de Beauchamp, 1905   71
            Family Rhinebothriidae Euzet, 1953   72
      Order ‘Tetraphyllidea’ Carus, 1863   80
      Order Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863   87
            Suborder Trypanoselachoida Olson, Caira, Jensen, Overstreet, Palm & Beveridge, 2010   87
                  Superfamily Gymnorhynchoidea Dollfus, 1935   87
                        Family Gilquiniidae Dollfus, 1935   87
                        Family Gymnorhynchidae Dollfus, 1935   87
                  Superfamily Lacistorhynchoidea Guiart, 1927   88
                        Family Lacistorhynchidae Guiart, 1927   88
                        Family Pterobothriidae Pintner, 1931   100
                  Superfamily Otobothrioidea Dollfus, 1942   104
                        Family Otobothriidae Dollfus, 1942   104
                        Family Pseudotobothriidae Palm, 1995   105
            Suborder Trypanobatoida Olson, Caira, Jensen, Overstreet, Palm & Beveridge, 2010   105
                  Superfamily Eutetrarhynchoidea Guiart, 1927   105
                        Family Eutetrarhynchidae Guiart, 1927   105
                        Family Rhinoptericolidae Carvajal & Campbell, 1975   107
                  Superfamily Tentacularioidea Poche, 1926   108
                        Family Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913   108
                        Family Tentaculariidae Poche, 1926   110
Host-Parasite List   127
Results and discussion   150
Taxonomic resolution   151
Elasmobranch and teleost fish hosts   155
Accurate identification of fish hosts   155
Conclusions   156
Acknowledgements   156
References   157

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