Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium magnum Euzet, 1959
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2898
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species magnum
Authority Euzet, 1959
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Euzet, L. 1959. Recherches sur les cestodes tétraphyllides des sélaciens des cotes de France. Doctoral Dissertation, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, 263 pp.

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Goldstein, R. J. 1967. The genus Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea). Journal of Parasitology 53(3): 455-483.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Euzet (1959) described this species as “Acanthobothrium crassicolle var. magnum nov. var. “ no figures given by Euzet (1959) Goldstein (1967) recognized it as a formal species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
12/15/2010Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. 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 violacea
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species violacea
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sete
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Specimens

Type Material
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.