Tapeworm Species Details

Rockacestus conchai Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021
Phyllobothriidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14258
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Rockacestus
Species conchai
Authority Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified No
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Citation(s)

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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Scientific Name Notes ZooBank registration: A1AA7903-EA81-4CEB-BE94- 1F1A1B8D713B

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/15/2021 Created B. Barbeau
03/15/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Arhynchobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bathyraja
Species albomaculata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathyraja
Species albomaculata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s) Falkland Islands
City/Region
Coordinates 48°39′10.8″S, 60°44′42.6″W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands (49°38′49.8″S, 59°50′43.2″W)
Locality Notes type locality is off the Falklands

Specimens

Type Material Holotype (mature worm, NHMUK no. 2020.12.17.1); two paratypes (mature worms, USNM nos 1638654 and 1638655); two paratypes (mature worms, LRP nos 10293 and 10294), three paratypes (immature worm SEM vouchers, LRP nos 10279–10281)
Total Number of Type Specimens 8
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Sequence data: GenBank accession MW419959, hologenophore (FA-70, KW1011) LRP no. 10324
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.