1School of Access Education, Tertiary Education Division, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. .
3Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Aquaculture Innovation and Technology Development, Cape Town, South Africa. .
Zootaxa. 2023 Mar 10;5254(2):151-180. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.1.
Many hexabothriid genera require renewed taxonomic attention to provide additional detailed comparative data from new material to resolve existing species quandaries. Our current study describes and provides additional museum material for three hexabothriid species from three genera from South Africa: Erpocotyle catenulata (Guberlet), which is confirmed as a valid species, Heteronchocotyle gymnurae Neifar, Euzet and Ben Hassine, and Hypanocotyle bullardi Chero, Cruces, Sáez, Carolina, Camargo, Portes Santos and Luque. Evidence of these three hexabothriid species from South Africa suggests that hexabothriids have more globally widespread distributions, and that they are less host-specific than previously considered. A detailed summary of hexabothriids reported from the triakid hosts, Galeorhinus galeus and Mustelus mustelus is provided, and the host-specificity of hexabothriids is discussed.
许多六钩蚴属的种需要重新进行分类学研究，以提供新的详细比较数据，从而解决现有物种难题。本研究描述并提供了来自南非的三个六钩蚴属的三个种的额外博物馆材料：已确认是有效种的 Erpocotyle catenulata (Guberlet)，Heteronchocotyle gymnurae Neifar、Euzet 和 Ben Hassine，以及 Hypanocotyle bullardi Chero、Cruces、Sáez、Carolina、Camargo、Portes Santos 和 Luque。来自南非的这三种六钩蚴的证据表明，六钩蚴的分布范围更广，而且比以前认为的宿主特异性更低。本文还提供了三棘鲈属和鼬鲨属宿主中报告的六钩蚴的详细摘要，并讨论了六钩蚴的宿主特异性。
