Tapeworm Species Details

Rockacestus williamsi (Schmidt, 1986) Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021
Phyllobothriidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14256
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family
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Genus Rockacestus
Species williamsi
Authority (Schmidt, 1986) Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Citation(s)

Williams, H. H. 1968. The taxonomy, ecology and host-specificity of some Phyllobothriidae (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea), a critical revision of Phyllobothrium Beneden, 1949 and comments on some allied genera. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 253(786): 231-307.

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Caira, J. N., V. Bueno, and K. Jensen. 2021. Emerging global novelty in phyllobothriidean tapeworms (Cestoda: Phyllobothriidea) from sharks and skates (Elasmobranchii). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society : 1-29.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Phyllobothrium minutum Williams, 1968 is a homonym of Phyllobothrium minutum Shipley & Hornell, 1906; Schmidt (1986) suggests the replacement name Phyllobothrium williamsi for this species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/15/2021 Created B. Barbeau
03/15/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/07/2022ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
Type Host
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Genus Raja
Species fullonica
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Leucoraja
Species fullonica
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Type Locality

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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 5 entire adult strobilae, 4 immature specimens and 8 free proglottids
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.