Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium tumidulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Euzet, 1953
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14229
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species tumidulum
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) Euzet, 1953
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus tumidulus Rudolphi, 1819; Echeneibothrium tumidulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Diesing, 1863
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Redescription

Euzet, L. 1953. Cestodes tétraphyllides nouveaux ou peu connus de Dasyatis pastinaca (L.). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 28: 339-351.

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Scientific Name Notes no figures in Rudolphi’s original description (1819) although Diesing (1863) gives “Beneden” as the authority citation for this name, Van Beneden (1850) did not make this new combination; rather he referred to this species as Bothriocephalus tumidulum.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/15/2021 Created J. Caira
01/15/2021ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rajae
Species pastinacae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
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Specimens

Type Material ZMB (holotype)
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.