Tapeworm Species Details

Stillabothrium lunae Ruhnke, Aguilar & Reyda, 2022
Rhinebothriidea: Escherbothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14463
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Escherbothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Stillabothrium
Species lunae
Authority Ruhnke, Aguilar & Reyda, 2022
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Ruhnke, T. R., C. P. Pommelle, D. Aguilar, H. Hudson, and F. B. Reyda. 2022. Two new species of Stillabothrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from stingrays from Northern Australia and one new combination. Journal of Parasitology 108(2): 166-179.

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Scientific Name Notes ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AF7E0704- B792-4AFD-BC27-317D118CBE31; Informal synonym: Rhinebothriinae New genus 3 n. sp. 5 of Healy et al 2009, Caira et al 2014, Ruhnke et al 2015, Marques and Caira 2016

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
04/04/2022 Created B. Barbeau
04/04/2022ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/06/2022ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species leoparda
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species leoparda
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Arafura Sea
Island(s) Wessel Islands
City/Region Northern Territory
Coordinates 11° 17' 44"S, 136° 59' 48"E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes east of Wessel Islands

Specimens

Type Material QM No. G239543 (Holotype); LRP Nos. 10803-10807 (paratypes); USNM Nos. 1661760-1661763 (paratypes); QM Nos. G.239544-239546 (paratypes); LRP No. 10808 (hologenophore)
Total Number of Type Specimens whole mounts of 13 complete mature worms and 2 scoleces examined with SEM
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.