Tapeworm Species Details

Hispidorhynchus styracurae Schaeffner, 2018
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14015
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Hispidorhynchus
Species styracurae
Authority Schaeffner, 2018
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Schaeffner, B. C. 2018. Hispidorhyncus styracurae n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from the Chupare stingray, Styracura schmardae (Werner), from the Caribbean Sea, including new records of Oncomegas wageneri (Linton, 1890). Journal of Parasitology 104(6): 685–696.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/18/2019 Created K. Herzog
02/18/2019ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Potamotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Styracura
Species schmardae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Styracura
Species schmardae
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes BE-2, BE-3, BE-4, BE-5, BE-9, PN-15 through 52, PN-57

Type Locality

Country Belize
Body of Water Caribbean Sea
Island(s) Head Caye
City/Region off Punta Gorda, Toledo
Coordinates 16°13'20.8N, 88°35'38.3W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Caribbean Sea off Dangriga (Tobacco Caye), Stann Creek, Belize (16°54'15.2"N, 88°03'38.2"W); and off Almirante, Bocas del Toro, Panama (9°17'20.3"N, 82°21'18.9"W)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material holotype (LRP 9246); paratypes (LRP 9248–9253; HWML 139193–139216; MZUSP 7923–7925)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material hologenophores (MZUSP 7917–7922)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.