Global Cestode DatabaseID
| Species ID No. | 1057 |
|---|---|
| Collection Code | TN |
| Collection No. | 150 |
| Genus | Tetronarce |
| Species | occidentalis |
| Common Name | Atlantic torpedo |
| ID Verified | No |
| ID Verified By | J. N. Caira |
| Class | Elasmobranchii |
| Order | Torpediniformes |
| Family | Torpedinidae |
| ID Notes | Collected by Rodman in conjunction with L. Natanson of NMFS. |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
|---|---|---|
| 07/22/2012 | Created | J. N. Caira |
| 01/20/2020 | Modified | P. Lopez Dineen |
Host Specimen Attributes
| Sex | female |
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| Maturity | mature | Freshness | very |
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| PCL (cm) | Disk Length (cm) | ||
| Fork Length (cm) | Disk Width (cm) | 103 |
| Total Length (cm) | 144.5 | ||||||||||||
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| Host Specimen Necropsied | |||||||||||||
| Host Specimen Deposition |
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| Host DNA |
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| Host Notes | Liver collected for Gavin to develop a "molecular zipper" to aid in NADH2 primer development in torpediniforms |
Locality
| Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy) | 07/22/12 |
|---|---|
| Collected By | J. N. Caira |
| Source of Specimen | Rodman |
| Collection Method | bottom trawl |
| Collection Depth (m) | |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Body of Water/River | |
| River Basin | |
| Island(s) | |
| State/Province | Rhode Island |
| City | off Narragansett |
| Coordinates | |
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Associated Parasites
| Parasites | 10% NBF | 95% EtOH | 10% NBF Picked |
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| Valve | |||
| Sift | |||
| Worms | n/a | ||
| Parasite Notes | |||
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