Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium aetiobatis (Shipley, 1900) Southwell, 1925
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2833
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species aetiobatis
Authority (Shipley, 1900) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Calliobothrium aetiobatis Shipley, 1900
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. 1900. A description of the Entozoa collected by Dr. Willey during his sojourn in the Western Pacific. Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897, by Arthur Willey. Part 5 : 531-568.

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Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
11/15/2013Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Aetobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aetiobatis
Species narinari
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Aetobatus
Species ocellatus?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
Body of Water
Island(s) Lifou, Loyalty Islands
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.