Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinoptericola butlerae (Beveridge & Campbell, 1988) Herzog & Jensen, 2022
Trypanorhyncha: Rhinoptericolidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14431
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Rhinoptericolidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinoptericola
Species butlerae
Authority (Beveridge & Campbell, 1988) Herzog & Jensen, 2022
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Shirleyrhynchus butlerae Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By K. S. Herzog
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1988. Cetorhinicola n.g., Shirleyrhynchus n.g. and Stragulorhynchus n.g., three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from elasmobranchs in Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 12: 47-60.

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Herzog, K. S. and K. Jensen. 2022. A synergistic, global approach to revising the trypanorhynch tapeworm family Rhinoptericolidae (Trypanobatoida). PeerJ Life & Environment 10:e12865: 83 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This species was first allocated tentatively to the Gilquiniidae by Beveridge & Campbell (1988) and then to the Shirleyrhynchidae by Campbell & Beveridge (1994). When Beveridge & Campbell (1998) moved Tetrarhynchus aetobatidis Shipley & Hornell, 1906 to the genus Shirleyrhynchus as Shirleyrhynchus aetobatidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Beveridge & Campbell, 1998, they synonymized S. aetobatidis and Shirleyrhynchus butlerae Beveridge & Campbell, 1988, briefly making S. butlerae and junior synonym of S. aetobatidis. However, Schaeffner (2016) resurrected S. butlerae from synonomy.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/17/2022 Created B. Barbeau
02/17/2022ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/18/2022ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/21/2022ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species fluviorum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hemitrygon
Species fluviorum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Dasyatis sephen; Additional hosts from redescription: Hemitrygon bennetti (Müller & Henle, 1841), Himantura tutul Borsa, Durand, Shen, Alyza, Solihin & Berrebi, 2013, Maculabatis gerrardi (Gray, 1851), Pastinachus ater (Macleay, 1883), and Pastinachus solocirostris Last, Manjaji & Yearsley, 2005 (Dasyatidae: Myliobatiformes); Rhinoptera javanica Müller & Henle, 1841 and Rhinoptera neglecta Ogilby, 1912 (Rhinopteridae: Myliobatiformes); Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 (Hemiscyliidae; Orectolobiformes)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Moreton Bay, Coral Sea, Deception Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Queensland
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Fog Bay, NT, Australia; Additional localities from redescription: Arafura Sea, Australia: East of Wessel Islands (11°17′44″S, 136°59′48″E), Northern Territory. Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia: Weipa (12°35′11″S, 141°42′34″E), Queensland. Timor Sea, Australia: Dundee Beach (12°45′33″S, 130°21′7″E), Northern Territory, Fog Bay. Java Sea, Indonesia: Gusungnge near Pagatan market (03°36′46.10″S, 115°55′05.10″E), South Kalimantan; and Pagatan market (03°36′36.00″S, 115°54′59.40″E), South Kalimantan. Makassar Strait, Indonesia: Muara Pasir (01°45′58.92″S, 116°23′36.09″E), East Kalimantan. South China Sea, Malaysia: Mukah (02°53′52.16″N, 112°05′44.12″E), Sarawak. South China Sea, Viet Nam: Cat Ba (20°43′31.1″N, 107°02′54.9″E), Haiphong Province, Gulf of Tonkin; and Long Hai (10°22′60.00″N, 107°13′60.00″E), Ba Ria Province.
Locality Notes Type locality given as: "Type localities: Moreton and Deception Bays, Queensland" (Beveridge and Campbell, 1988)

Specimens

Type Material AHC 44088 [SAM V4088] (holotype); AHC 22773 [SAM S2773], BMNH 1987.5.1.1, USNM 1375081 [USNPC 79701] (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 9 paratypes
Voucher Material LRP 10559–10569 (Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2014), LRP 10547–10549, LRP 10551, and LRP 10554–10557 (this study), LRP 10550, LRP 10552, LRP 10553, and LRP 10558 (hologenophores, this study); QM G239454–G239456 (this study).
Specimen Notes Redescription based on holotype, six paratypes, and 10 voucher specimens: one gravid worm, one mature worm, three immature worms, and four complete scoleces and one partial scolex prepared for SEM; type specimen accession numbers in brackets are original numbers.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.