Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium confusum Baer & Euzet, 1962
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2855
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species confusum
Authority Baer & Euzet, 1962
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Baer, J. G. and L. Euzet. 1962. Revision critique des cestodes tétraphyllides décrits par T. Southwell (1re partie).. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles 85: 143-172.

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Scientific Name Notes Baer & Euzet (1962) established this name for the material treated as Acanthobothrium uncinatum by Southwell (1925).

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
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species kuhli
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Neotrygon
Species kuhlii?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.