original description(ofMacrobothridium Khalil & Abdul-Salam, 1989)Khalil, L.F. ; Abdul-Salam, J. (1989). Macrobothridium rhynchobati n.g., n. sp. from the elasmobranch Rhynchobatus granulatus, representing a new family of diphyllidean cestodes, the Macrobothridiidae. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 13: 103-109.[details]
basis of recordBray, R.A. (2001). Cestoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 146-149 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceNeave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online athttps://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about[details]
additional sourceCaira, J. N.; Ivanov, V. A., Jensen, K., Marques, F. P. L. (2017). Diphyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863. <em>In: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 149-166.[details]