Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium nanogravidum Zschoche, Caira & Fyler, 2011
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12730
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species nanogravidum
Authority Zschoche, Caira & Fyler, 2011
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Zschoche, M., J. N. Caira, and C. A. Fyler. 2011. A new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1850 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Pastinachus atrus (Macleay) (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Australian waters, with a reassessment of the host associations of Acanthobothrium spp. parasitising Pastinachus spp.. Systematic Parasitology 78: 109-116.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/16/2013 Created B. Barbeau
04/01/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/07/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pastinachus
Species atrus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species ater
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Gulf of Carpentaria
Island(s)
City/Region Weipa, Queensland
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype (QM No. G 232166), 4 paratypes (QM No. G 232167-G 23217), cross-sections of 1 paratype and its voucher (QM No. G 232171 & G23217), 3 paratypes (USNPC No. 104103), 4 paratypes (LRP Nos. 7480-7483), cross-sections of 1 paratype and its coucher (LRP Nos. 7484-7485), 2 egg mounts (LRP Nos. 7492-7493).
Total Number of Type Specimens 14
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.