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Anthocephalum odonnellae Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae

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Species ID	13003
Order	Rhinebothriidea
Family	Anthocephaliidae
Subfamily
Genus	Anthocephalum
Species	odonnellae
Authority	Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015
Taxonomic Status	Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record	No
Type Species	No
Verified	No
Verified By
Citation(s)	Ruhnke, T. R., J. N. Caira, and A. Cox. 2015. The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: a molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa 3904(1): 051-081. (6486) Download PDF
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Scientific Name Notes

Host Class

Host Order

Myliobatiformes

Host Family

Dasyatidae

Type Host
(Literal)

Type Host
(Valid)

Additional Host(s)

Site in Host

spiral intestine

Host Notes

Country	Malaysia
Body of Water	Sulu Sea, off Pulau Mabul
Island(s)	Borneo
City/Region	Sabah
Coordinates	4°14'44.02", 118°37'53.32"E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities	South China Sea off Pulau Banggi (07°15'29.03"N, 117°10'19.32"E), Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (BO-320); South China Sea off Pulau Balambangan (07°16'28.77"N, 116°56'24.72"E), Sabah, Malaysian Borneo (BO–321); West China Sea off Kuching (02°30'07.34"N, 110°40'16.82"E), Sarawak, Malaysia (BO–336, BO–338); Java Sea off Selakau (01°03'30.60"N, 108°58'24.60"E), West Kalimantan, Indonesia (KA–178).
Locality Notes

Type Material	MZUM(P) No.: 2014.5(H) (holotype); MZUM(P) No.: 2014.6(P) (paratype); USNM Nos.: 1251821-1251824 (paratypes); MZB No.: Ca 195 (paratype); LRP Nos.: 8543-8548 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens	16 whole mounts and 3 scoleces prepared for SEM
Voucher Material	LRP No.: 8516 (hologenophore)
Specimen Notes

Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.

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