Tapeworm Species Details

Parachristianella kuchtai Schaeffner & Marques, 2018
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13973
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Parachristianella
Species kuchtai
Authority Schaeffner & Marques, 2018
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Schaeffner, B. C. and F. P. L. Marques. 2018. Integrative taxonomy unravels the species diversity of Parachristianella (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha) from both sides of the Panamanian isthmus. Invertebrate Systematics 32: 278–318.

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Scientific Name Notes ZooBank link: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B6E6E135-9282-411FAFC7- 856B76AE90D3

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/29/2018 Created K. Herzog
03/29/2018ModifiedK. Herzog
01/08/2019ModifiedK. Herzog
05/31/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Hypanus
Species longus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hypanus
Species longus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Type host specimens: PN15–03, PN15–05

Type Locality

Country Panama
Body of Water Eastern Pacific Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region off Mariato (Palo Seco), Veraguas
Coordinates 7°36'06.3N, 80°59'33.7W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Date of collection of holotype: 13 January 2015

Specimens

Type Material MIUP No. CE-2 (holotype); MZUSP No. 7865 and HWML (Nos. 139283–139293 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material MZUSP No. 7866 (molecular voucher)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.