Tapeworm Species Details

Echinobothrium pigmentatum Ostrowski de Nuñez, 1971
Diphyllidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1714
Order Diphyllidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Echinobothrium
Species pigmentatum
Authority Ostrowski de Nuñez, 1971
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Halysioncum pigmentatum (Ostrowski de Nuñez, 1971) Caira, Marques, Jensen, Kuchta & Ivanov, 2013
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By V.A. Ivanov, R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Ostrowski de Núñez, M. 1971. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna parasitaria de algunos elasmobranquios del litoral bonaerense, Mar del Plata, Argentina. I. Cestodes y trematodes de Psammobatis microps (Günther) y Zapteryx brevirostris (Müller y Henle). Physis 30: 425-446.

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Scientific Name Notes

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 Rajiformes
Host Family Rhinobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Zapteryx
Species brevirostris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Zapteryx
Species brevirostris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) 1 larva found in an unidentified anphipod
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Argentina
Body of Water Southwestern Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Mar del Plata
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MACN-PA Nos. 215/4 (57 specimens)
Total Number of Type Specimens 10 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Type material not mention in the original description, currently deposited at MACN-PA (Ivanov, pers. com.).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.