Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium harpago (Euzet, 1953) Yamaguti, 1959
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2877
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
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Genus Acanthobothrium
Species harpago
Authority (Euzet, 1953) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Platybothrium harpago (Euzet, 1953) Healy, 2003
Synonyms Dicranobothrium harpago Euzet, 1953
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Citation(s)

Euzet, L. 1953. Dicranobothrium, un nouveau genre de cestode tétraphyllide, parasite de sélaciens. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles. 3e Série 76: 87-91.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Yamaguti (1959) uses this combination but doesn’t explicitly indicate that it is a new combination; but we find this to be the first use of this combination. Taxonomic status as per Healy (2003). Healy considered this species to be distinct from P. hypoprioni.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
01/28/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/29/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/21/2020ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

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Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
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Genus Negaprion
Species brevirostris
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Genus Negaprion
Species brevirostris
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.