Tapeworm Species Details

Echinobothrium helmymohamedi Saoud, Ramadan & Hassan, 1982
Diphyllidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1707
Order Diphyllidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Echinobothrium
Species helmymohamedi
Authority Saoud, Ramadan & Hassan, 1982
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By V.A. Ivanov, R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Saoud, M. F. A., M. M. Ramadan and S. I. Hassan. 1982. On Echinobothrium helmymohamedi n. sp. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea); a parasite of the sting ray Taeniura lymma from the Red Sea. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 12: 199-207.

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Record Data

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

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water Red Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Al-Ghardaga
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Fishes collected at the Marine Biolgical Station of Al-Ghardaga, 340 km to the south of Suez on the Red Sea

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1998.10.19.113
Total Number of Type Specimens 25
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Paratype deposited in the Helminthological Collection of the Commonwealth Instiitute of Helmintology, St. Albans, Herts, England (S 1049), currently at BMNH 1998.10.19.113
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.