Tapeworm Species Details

Scalithrium smitii (Shinde, Deshmukh & Jadhav, 1981) Coleman, Beveridge, & Campbell, 2019
Rhinebothriidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14031
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Scalithrium
Species smitii
Authority (Shinde, Deshmukh & Jadhav, 1981) Coleman, Beveridge, & Campbell, 2019
Taxonomic Status Species inquirendum
Valid Name
Synonyms Echeneibothrium smitii Shinde, Deshmukh & Jadhav, 1981
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Shinde, G. B., R. A. Deshmukh and B. V. Jadhav. 1981. On a new cestode Echeneibothrium smitii sp. n. from marine fish. Rivista di Parassitologia 42: 267-270.

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Coleman, G. M., I. Beveridge, and R. A. Campbell. 2019. New genera, species and records of rhinebothriidean cestodes (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in Australian stingrays (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea). Systematic Parasitology 96: 347–368.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes see Volin et al., 2024 for taxonomic status details

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/07/2019 Created K. Jensen
06/07/2019ModifiedK. Jensen
09/21/2022ModifiedV. Bueno
08/05/2024ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species sephen
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Type Locality

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Specimens

Type Material holotype: Department of Zoology, Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431 004
Total Number of Type Specimens 2
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.