Tapeworm Species Details

Discobothrium aegyptiacus Hassan, 1982
Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1792
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Echeneibothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Discobothrium
Species aegyptiacus
Authority Hassan, 1982
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pseudanthobothrium aegyptiacus (Hassan, 1982) Jensen, 2005
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Citation(s)

Hassan, S. H. 1982. Discobothrium aegyptiacus n. sp., a cestode from Raja circularis in the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 12: 169-173.

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Scientific Name Notes Jensen (2005) identified Discobothrium as a non-lecanicephalidean genus with historic ties to the order; she transferred D. aegyptiacus to Pseudanthobothrium to create the new combination

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Raja
Species circularis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Leucoraja
Species circularis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Alexandria
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material CIP No. S 1053 A (holotype) CIP No. S 1053 B
Total Number of Type Specimens 13
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.