Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium longipedunculata Uma Maheswari, Vijaya Lakshmi & Hanumantha Rao, 1985
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2895
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species longipedunculata
Authority Uma Maheswari, Vijaya Lakshmi & Hanumantha Rao, 1985
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Uma Maheswari, J., C. Vijaya Lakshmi, and K. Hanumantha Rao. 1985. Studies on a new species of Acanthobothrium from Dasyatis uarnak (Forskal) from Waltair Coast. Rivista di Parassitologia 2: 39-44.

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Record Data

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

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
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Type Locality

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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 5
Voucher Material
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.