Tapeworm Species Details

Eniochobothrium qatarense Al Kawari, Saoud & Wanas, 1994
Lecanicephalidea: Eniochobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1802
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Eniochobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Eniochobothrium
Species qatarense
Authority Al Kawari, Saoud & Wanas, 1994
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Al Kawari, K. S. R., M. F. A. Saoud and M. Q. A. Wanas. 1994. Helminth parasites of fishes from the Arabian Gulf 7. On Eniochobothrium qatarense sp. nov. (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) and the affinities of Eniochobothrium Shipley and Hornell, 1906, Litobothrium Dailey, 1969 and Renyxa Kurochkin and Slankis, 1973. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 43: 97-104.

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Redescription

Jensen, K. and J. N. Caira. 2022. Phylogenetic analysis and diversity of peculiar new lecanicephalidean tapeworms (Eniochobothriidae) from cownose rays across the globe. Invertebrate Systematics 36 (10): 879–909.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2010Modified
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/07/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
03/18/2020ModifiedK. Jensen
10/14/2022ModifiedK. Jensen
07/26/2023ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Rhinopteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhinoptera
Species adspersa
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhinoptera
Species jayakari?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Rhinoptera jayakari, R. cf. jayakari
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes records from Rhinoptera jayakari and R. cf. jayakari are from Jensen & Caira (2022) are based on confirmed host identifications

Type Locality

Country Qatar
Body of Water Arabian Gulf
Island(s)
City/Region Qatari waters
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Tofo, Inhambane, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel (23°47′33.02″S, 35°31′16.38″E) (Jensen & Caira, 2022); Magong, Penghu Island, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait (23°33′49″N, 119°34′31″E) (Jensen & Caira, 2022)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material HCUQ No. 6111.87 (holotype) HCUQ No. 6112.87
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material Two whole mounts (gravid worms) (NMNS numbers 8637- 004–8637-005); twelve whole mounts (two mature and eight gravid worms), cross-sections of one worm and one worm in situ, longitudinal sections of one worm in situ, and two semi- permanent preparation of eggs (USNM numbers 1672269– 1672283); seven whole mounts (two mature and five gravid worms), one semi-permanent preparation of eggs, and two SEM vouchers (LRP numbers 10932–10941) (Jensen & Caira, 2022); 10823, KW227); GenBank number ON040624 (hologenophore LRP number 10825, KW232); GenBank number ON040625 (hologenophore LRP number 10826, KW234) (Jensen & Caira, 2022)
Specimen Notes "This description is based on heavy infections with these small cestodes in four positive specimens of Rhinoptera adspersa" (Al Kawari et al., 1994)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.