Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus shipleyi Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13651
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species shipleyi
Authority Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pseudolacistorhynchus shipleyi (Southwell, 1929) Palm, 2004
Synonyms
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/29/2016 Created B. Barbeau
04/29/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/15/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/17/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Ginglymostomatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ginglymostoma
Species concolor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Nebrius
Species ferrugineus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks, The Nursery, Silavaturai
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DD Longitude
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.15.38-42 (syntypes) (as reported in Beveridge & Campbell, 1998)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.