Tapeworm Species Details

Mixobothrium healyae Herzog, Caira, & Jensen, 2023
Rhinebothriidea: Mixobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 14612
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Mixobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Mixobothrium
Species healyae
Authority Herzog, Caira, & Jensen, 2023
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Citation(s)

Herzog, K. S., J. N. Caira, P. K. Kar, and K. Jensen. 2023. Novelty and phylogenetic affinities of a new family of tapeworms (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from endangered sawfish and guitarfish. International Journal of Parasitology 53(7): 347–362.

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Scientific Name Notes Provisional names: Rhinebothriinae n. sp. of Healy et al. (2009); New genus 11 n. sp. 1 of Ruhnke et al. (2015, 2017), Marques and Caira, 2016, and Trevisan et al. (2017)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/05/2023 Created K. Jensen
05/05/2023ModifiedK. Jensen
07/06/2023ModifiedV. Bueno
08/06/2024ModifiedS. McMahan

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Rhinopristiformes
Host Family Pristidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pristis
Species clavata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pristis
Species clavata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Buffalo Creek
Island(s)
City/Region Darwin, Northern Territory
Coordinates 12°20'11"S, 130°54'39"E
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype (mature worm; QM No. G240572 [AU- 36]) and three paratypes (mature worms; QM Nos. G240573– 240575 [AU-15, AU-36]), three paratypes (mature worms; USNM Nos. 1682682–1682684 [AU-36]), and three paratypes (mature worms; LRP Nos. 10950–10952 [AU-36]); scolex prepared for SEM retained at the University of Connecticut
Total Number of Type Specimens 10 whole mounts of mature worms and one scolex prepared for SEM
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Representative DNA sequences: GenBank No. FJ177119 (hologenophore LRP No. 4220) of Healy et al. (2009)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.