Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium franus Marques, Centritto & Stewart, 1997
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2872
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species franus
Authority Marques, Centritto & Stewart, 1997
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Marques, F., R. Centritto and S. A. Stewart. 1997. Two new species of Acanthobothrium in Narcine entemedor (Rajiformes: Narcinidae) from the northwest coast of Guanacaste Peninsula, Costa Rica. Journal of Parasitology 83(5): 927-931.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , N. Odell, R. Tracy
09/17/2014Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Torpediniformes
Host Family Narcinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Narcine
Species entemedor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Narcine
Species entemedor
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Costa Rica
Body of Water Gulf of St. Helena
Island(s)
City/Region Guanacaste
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material CNHE No. 3139 USNPC No. 87374 CHIOC No. 33754a, b CNHE No. 3140
Total Number of Type Specimens 7
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.