Tapeworm Species Details

Sungaicestus kinabatanganensis (Healy, 2006) Caira, Healy, Marques & Jensen, 2017
Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13835
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Anthocephaliidae
Subfamily
Genus Sungaicestus
Species kinabatanganensis
Authority (Healy, 2006) Caira, Healy, Marques & Jensen, 2017
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhinebothrium kinabatanganensis Healy, 2006; New genus 4 kinabatanganensis of Healy et al. (2009), Caira et al. (2014), Ruhnke et al. (2015) and Marques and Caira (2016)
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Citation(s)

Healy, C. J. 2006. Three new species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, in Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92(2): 364-374.

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Caira, J. N., C. J. Healy, F. P. L. Marques, and K. Jensen. 2017. Three new genera of rhinebothriidean cestodes from stingrays in Southeast Asia. Folia Parasitologica 64: 008 (18 pp.).

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/10/2017 Created K. Jensen
05/10/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species chaophraya
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Urogymnus
Species polylepis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) none
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Malaysia
Body of Water Kinabatangan River
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Kampung Abai, Sabah
Coordinates
DD Latitude 5.750
DD Longitude 118.383
Additional Localities none
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MZUM(P) No. 155 (holotype); IPMB No. 77.14.02 (1 paratype); LRP Nos. 3738-3739 (2 paratypes); USNPC No. 96426 (1 paratype).
Total Number of Type Specimens whole mounts of 6 complete and 1 partial mature worms and 1 SEM specimen
Voucher Material from Caira et al. (2017): LRP 3900 (hologenophore voucher of CH-9 of Healy et al. [2009]); LRP 8907 (voucher, scolex drawn in Fig. 8)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.