Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium waltairensis Uma Maheswari, Sanaka, Vijaya Lakshmi & Hanumantha Rao, 1987
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Species ID 2947
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species waltairensis
Authority Uma Maheswari, Sanaka, Vijaya Lakshmi & Hanumantha Rao, 1987
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Uma Maheswari, J., S. Sanaka, C. Vijaya Lakshmi, and K. Hanumantha Rao. 1987. Acanthobothrium waltairensis n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) parasite of Dasyatis uarnak (Pisces: Condrichtehyes [sic]) from India. Revista Ibérica de Parasitología 47: 33-36.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/04/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
02/03/2016ModifiedK. 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
Host Notes

Type Locality

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