Tapeworm Species Details

Echinobothrium boisii Southwell, 1911
Diphyllidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1699
Order Diphyllidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Echinobothrium
Species boisii
Authority Southwell, 1911
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Halysioncum boisii (Southwell, 1911) Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V.A. Ivanov, R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1911. Description of nine new species of cestode parasites, including two new genera from marine fishes of Ceylon. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 216-225.

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Scientific Name Notes Campbell & Andrade (1997) considered it a species inquirenda

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
08/20/2014Modified
02/03/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
02/19/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/23/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Chondrichthyes
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aetobatis [sic]
Species narinari
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Host name verified by Fishbase (09/2009)

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka [Ceylon]
Body of Water Portugal Bay
Island(s)
City/Region
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material see notes
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Type material not designated but possibly deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Tyler 2006)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.