Orectolobidae

Elasmobranch, Its Implications For Global, Parasitology, Diversity And, Naylor, G. J. P., Sc, Caira, J. N., Ct, Jensen, K., Ks, Rosana, K. A. M., Fl, White, W. T., Csiro, Tas, Last, P. R., Csiro & Tas, 2012, A Dna Sequence-Based Approach To The Identification Of Shark And Ray Species And Its Implications For Global Elasmobranch Diversity And Parasitology, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2012 (367), pp. 1-262 : 54-55

Orectolobidae (wobbegongs)

Orectolobus hutchinsi (western wobbegong)

( fig. 38)

The 10 specimens of this relatively newly described Western Australian endemic species (see Last et al., 2006) included three paratypes (GN4847 5 ANFC H 6189-01, GN4848 5 ANFC H 6189-02, and GN4849 5 ANFC H 6189-03). All 10 specimens were identical in sequence but differed substantially from all five of the other included species of this genus.

Orectolobus parvimaculatus (dwarf spotted wobbe-

gong) ( fig. 38)

All three specimens included in the analysis were paratypes (GN4854 5 ANFC H 5633-07, GN4855 5 ANFC H 6172-01, and GN4856 5 ANFC H 6192-01) of this recently described species found only off southwestern Australia (see Last and Chidlow, 2008). These three specimens were identical in sequence and they clustered most closely with specimens of O. hutchinsi , but the average of the pairwise differences among specimens of these two species was 30.

Orectolobus halei (gulf wobbegong) ( fig. 38)

Seven specimens of this Australian species, which was recently resurrected and redescribed by Huveneers (2006), an action supported by Corrigan et al. (2008), were included in the analysis; all seven were collected from New South Wales and Western Australia. The two samples from New South Wales came from voucher specimens deposited in the Australian National Fish Collection (GN4845 5 ANFC H 6278-01, and GN4846 5 ANFC H 6278- 02). The seven specimens formed a tight cluster with a range in pairwise differences of 0–2, with an average of 1.

Orectolobus maculatus (spotted wobbegong)

( fig. 38)

The three samples of this species included in the analysis came from voucher specimens deposited in the Australian National Fish Collection (GN4851 5 ANFC H 5765-01, GN4852 5 ANFC H 5766-01, and GN4853 5 ANFC H 5766-02). These specimens were identical in sequence. They clustered most closely with those of O. halei ; the average of the pairwise differences between specimens of these two species was 15.4.

Orectolobus ornatus (ornate wobbegong) ( fig. 38)

A single sample of this species, taken from a voucher specimen deposited in the Australian National Fish Collection (GN4857 5 ANFC H 5763-01) was included. The average of pairwise differences between O. ornatus and O. hutchinsi was 58, O. parvimaculatus 60, O. halei 54.4, and O. maculatus 50.

Orectolobus floridus (floral banded wobbegong)

( fig. 38)

All three of the specimens of this southwestern Australian endemic included in the analysis were paratypes (GN4858 5 ANFC H 5936-01, GN4859 5 ANFC H 6168-01, and GN4860 5 ANFC H 6490-01). Like most other wobbegong species, these specimens were identical in sequence. They clustered along with, but outside their five congeners included in the analysis; the average of the pairwise differences between this species and the others were as follows: O. hutchinsi 59, O. parvimaculatus 59, O. halei 50.4, O. maculatus 46, and O. ornatus 72.

Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (tasselled wobbegong)

( fig. 38)

The two specimens included in the analysis, both of which were collected in Australia, were identical in sequence. They represent the more southern elements of the distribution of this species, which is also known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and possibly Malaysia. Specimens of this species grouped along with, but outside the six Orectolobus species.