Tapeworm Species Details

Scalithrium magniphallum (Brooks, 1977) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13575
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Scalithrium
Species magniphallum
Authority (Brooks, 1977) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhinebothrium magniphallum Brooks, 1977
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Brooks, D. R.. 1977. Six new species of tetraphyllidean cestodes, including a new genus, from a marine stingray Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) from Colombia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 44: 51-59.

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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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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
09/21/2022ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country Colombia
Body of Water Caribbean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Magdalena
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNM Helm. Coll. No. 73965
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.