Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium hanumantharaoi Rao, 1977
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2876
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species hanumantharaoi
Authority Rao, 1977
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Citation(s)

Rao, V. 1977. Acanthobothrium hanumantharaoi sp. n. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea, Oncobothriidae) from the Nieuhof's eagle ray, Myliobatus nieuhofii (Bloch and Schneider) of Waltair Coast, Bay of Bengal. Rivista di Parassitologia 38: 277-283.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
04/01/2015Modified
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 Myliobatidae
Type Host
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Genus Myliobatus
Species nieuhofii
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Aetomylaeus
Species nichofii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water Bay of Bengal
Island(s)
City/Region Waltair Coast
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.