Tapeworm Species Details

Paraorygmatobothrium christopheri Cutmore, Bennett, Miller, & Cribb, 2017
Phyllobothriidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13937
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Paraorygmatobothrium
Species christopheri
Authority Cutmore, Bennett, Miller, & Cribb, 2017
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scyphophyllidium christopheri (Cutmore, Bennett, Miller, & Cribb, 2017) Caira, Jensen & Ruhnke, 2020
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Cutmore, S. C., M. B. Bennett, T. L. Miller, and T. H. Cribb. 2017. Patterns of specificity and diversity in species of Paraorygmatobothrium Ruhnke, 1994 (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with the description of four new species. Systematic Parasitology 94(9): 941–970.

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Scientific Name Notes urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9AF5BD61-49EC-402EB2E8-76A0D69BA751

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/15/2017 Created K. Jensen
11/15/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
11/16/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
02/25/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/14/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species sorrah
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species sorrah
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water western Moreton Bay
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates 27°22'S, 153°13'E
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material QM G233220 (holotype); QM G233221–26 (6 paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 7
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Representative DNA sequences: 28S rDNA, 2 identical replicates; nad1, 2 replicates
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.