Tapeworm Species Details

Scalithrium palombii (Baer, 1948) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13572
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Scalithrium
Species palombii
Authority (Baer, 1948) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Taxonomic Status Incertae sedis
Valid Name
Synonyms Echeneibothrium palombii (Baer, 1948) Young, 1956; Rhinebothrium palombii Bear, 1948
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Baer, J. G. 1948. Contributions a l’étude des cestodes des sélaciens. I-IV. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 71: 63-122.

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Ball, D., L. Neifar, and L. Euzet. 2003. Proposition de Scalithrium n. gen. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) avec comme espèce-type Scalithrium minimum (Van Beneden, 1850) n. comb. parasite de Dasyatis pastinaca (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae). Parasite 10: 31-37.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes see Volin et al., 2024 for taxonomic status details

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/04/2015 Created F. Marques
11/04/2015ModifiedF. Marques
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
06/22/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
09/21/2022ModifiedV. Bueno
08/05/2024ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country [Italy?]
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.