Tapeworm Species Details

Khawia abbottinae Xi, Oros, Wang, Scholz & Xie, 2013
Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12779
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Caryophyllaeidae
Subfamily
Genus Khawia
Species abbottinae
Authority Xi, Oros, Wang, Scholz & Xie, 2013
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Xi, B. W., M. Oros, G. T. Wang, T. Scholz, and J. Xie. 2013. Khawia abbottinae sp. n. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from the Chinese false dudgeon Abbottina rivularis (Cyprinidae: Gobioninae) in China: morphological and molecular data. Folia Parasitologica 60(2): 141-148.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/23/2013 Created B. Barbeau
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Abbottina
Species rivularis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Abbottina
Species rivularis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country China
Body of Water Yangtze River in Wuhan (Baishazhou)
Island(s)
City/Region Hubei Province
Coordinates
DD Latitude 30°38'–30°50'N
DD Longitude 114°15'–114°28'E
Additional Localities Niushan Lake in Wuhan (Liufang), Hubei Province (30°16'–30°34'N, 114°43'–114°59'E), located at the middle reach of the Yangtze River basin, China; Taihu Lake in Wuxi (Meiliangwan), Jiangsu Province (30°93'–31°48'N, 119°92'–120°30'E), located at the lower reach of the Yangtze River basin, China
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype (complete, whole-mounted specimen collected on 24 March 2009; host field number 241/09WU), 2 paratypes (whole-mounts, host field numbers 224/09WU and 238/09WU) in the helminthological collection of the Institute of Parasitology, BC ASCR, Českι Budějovice, Czech Republic (IPCAS C-629); 12 paratypes (10 whole-mounts and 2 cross sections) from the Yangtze River in Wuhan and Taihu Lake, in the Museum of Aquatic Organisms, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China (IHMM201207); 2 paratypes (whole-mounts, host field numbers 231/09WU and 236/09WU) from the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in the Natural History Museum London, UK (BMNH 2012.11.23.1–3); 2 paratypes (whole-mounts, host field numbers 230/09WU and 233/09WU) from the Yangtze River in Wuhan in the U.S. National Parasite Collection, Beltsville, Maryland, USA (USNPC 106204–106206); 2 paratypes (whole-mounts, host field numbers 38/10WU and 40/10WU) from the Taihu Lake in Wuxi, in the Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNGPLAT- 82474–82476).
Total Number of Type Specimens Holotype + 20 paratypes
Voucher Material 16 vouchers (4 whole-mounts, 4 cross sections and 8 sagittal and longitudinal sections) from the Yangtze River in Wuhan in IPCAS (C-629), 1 voucher (cross section) from the Yangtze River in Wuhan in the BMNH (2012.11.23.1–3), 1 voucher (cross sections) fr
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.