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Cyclobothrium typicum Southwell, 1911
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1791
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Cyclobothrium
Species typicum
Authority Southwell, 1911
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Calycobothrium typicum Stiles & Hassell, 1912
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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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 Stiles and Hassell (1912) created Calycobothrium as the replacement name for Cyclobothrium Southwell, 1911 which was occupied; the type species of Cyclobothrium became the type species of Calycobothrium (=C. typicum). Jensen (2005) considered the genus Calycobothrium to be a genus inquirendum et incertae sedis and listed this species as a species inquirenda (non-lecanicephalidean); given that the scolex illustrated in the original description superficially resembles the scolex of other lecanicephalideans such as Thysanobothrium or Polypocephalus, but that the proglottid anatomy (acc. to Southwell, 1911, 1925; Jensen, 2005) is inconsistent with that of any polypocephalidean, the type species and the genus is considered to be unrecognizable at this time.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aetobatis
Species narinari
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Aetobatus
Species ocellatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon
Body of Water Portugal Bay
Island(s)
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Jensen (2005, pg. 36) states that a voucher specimen of C. typicum is located at the BMNH (No. 1977.11.82.9) with the label reading: "Calicob. typicum T.S 1910 (Cyclob. typicum) from Aetobatus narinari Portugal Bay 18.12.09 Drawn."
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.