Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium micracantha Yamaguti, 1952
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2903
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species micracantha
Authority Yamaguti, 1952
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Yamaguti, S. 1952. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 49. Cestodes of fishes, II. Acta Medicinae Okayama 8: 1-76.

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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
01/08/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
10/17/2022ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasybatus
Species akajei
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hemitrygon
Species akajei
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) additional hosts: Dasybatus zugei, Pteroplatea micrura
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water East China Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Nagasaki
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Specimens

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