Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus timii Gil de Pertierra, Arredondo, Kuchta & Incorvaia, 2015
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Species ID 13550
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species timii
Authority Gil de Pertierra, Arredondo, Kuchta & Incorvaia, 2015
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Gil de Pertierra, A. A., N. J. Arredondo, R. Kuchta, and I. S. Incorvaia. 2015. A new species of Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808 (Eucestoda: Bothriocephalidea) from the channel bull blenny Cottoperca gobio (Günther) (Perciformes: Bovichtidae) on the Patagonian shelf off Argentina. . Systematic Parasitology 90: 247-256.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/23/2015 Created N. Arisco
09/23/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
11/11/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/26/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/07/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Bovichtidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cottoperca
Species gobio
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host pyloric caeca
Host Notes anterior, middle and posterior intestine

Type Locality

Country Argentina
Body of Water South West Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Patagonian shelf
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype IPCAS C-646/1 (entire worm and transverse sections, mounted on 1 slide); 3 paratypes IPCAS C-646/2 (entire worm and transverse sections, mounted on 1 slide), IPCAS C-646/3 (entire worm, transverse sections and sagittal sections mounted on 2 slides), IPCAS C-646/4 (entire worm and transverse sections, mounted on 3 slides); 2 paratypes BMNH (2014.12.5.1-4) (2 entire worms and sagittal sections, mounted on 4 slides); 10 paratypes MACN-Pa569/1A-C (entire worm and transverse and sagittal sections, mounted on 3 slides), MACN-Pa 569/2A-C (entire worm and sagittal sections, mounted on 3 slides), MACN-Pa 569/3 (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 1 slide), MACN-Pa 569/4 (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 1 slide, a piece of strobila stored in 99% pure ethanol), MACN-Pa 569/5 (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 1 slide), MACN-Pa 569/6A-B (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 2 slides); MACN-Pa 569/7a-B (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 2 slides), MACN-Pa 569/8A-B (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 2 slides), MACN-Pa 589/9 (entire worm and sagittal sections on 1 slide), MACN-Pa 569/10 (entire worm and transverse sections mounted on 1 slide; a piece of strobila was sequenced at the Institute of Parasitology, Czech Republic).
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.