Tapeworm Species Details

Prochristianella kostadinovae Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12661
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Prochristianella
Species kostadinovae
Authority Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species
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Citation(s)

Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Prochristianella Dollfus, 1942 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from elasmobranchs off Borneo and Australia, including new records and the description of four new species. Zootaxa 3505: 1-25.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/26/2013 Created B. Barbeau
06/27/2013Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak 2
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species australis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Himantura uarnak 2 sensu Naylor et al. 2012

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Weipa, Queensland
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM AHC 35400 (holotype); SAM AHC 35401-35402; LRP 7835-7837; USNPC 105178-105179 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 11 whole-mounts
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.