Tapeworm Species Details

Erudituncus xiamenensis (Wang & Yang, 2001) Kurashima, Shimizu, Mano, Ogawa & Fujita, 2014
Tetraphyllidea: Calliobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12953
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Calliobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Erudituncus
Species xiamenensis
Authority (Wang & Yang, 2001) Kurashima, Shimizu, Mano, Ogawa & Fujita, 2014
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Platybothrium xiamensis Wang & Yang, 2001
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Wang, Y. and W. Yang. 2001. One new species of Platybothrium from marine fishes in Xiamen, Fujian, China. . Journal of Oceanography in Taiwan Strait 20(2): 200-204.

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Kurashima, A., T. Shimizu, N. Mano, K. Ogawa, and T. Fujita. 2014. A new combination and a new species of onchobothriid tapeworm (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from triakid sharks. Systematic Parasitology 88: 75-83.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes While Wang and Yang (2001) reported Mustelus griseus as the type host, Kurashima et al. (2014) corrected the host identification to Hemitriakis japanica

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/06/2014 Created K. Jensen
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/14/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/07/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
01/27/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Triakidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Mustelus
Species griseus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hemitriakis
Species japanica
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country China
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Xiamen, Fujian
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Off Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture (34°38.16'N, 138°55.06'E) and off Iburi, Kochi Prefecture (32°48.18'N, 132°59.03'E), Japan
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Material Parasitology Research Laboratory, Xiamen University (type specimens)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material Deposited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan. NSMT-Pl 5930, 5932, 5934, 6031, 6032a,b (six whole mounted specimens ex H. japanica, off Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 7.v.2008); NSMT-Pl 5931, 5933a, 5935, 5937 (four whole m
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.