Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium elegantissimum Lönnberg, 1889
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2968
Order Rhinebothriidea
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Genus Anthobothrium
Species elegantissimum
Authority Lönnberg, 1889
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Clydonobothrium elegantissimum (Lönnberg, 1889) Euzet, 1959
Synonyms Scyphophyllidium elegantissimum (Lönnberg, 1889) Woodland, 1927?
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Lönnberg, E. 1889. Bidrag till kännedomen om i Sverige förekommande cestoder. Bihang till Kongliga Svanska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 14: 1-69.

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Scientific Name Notes No figures in original description; Transferred to Clydonobohrium by Euzet (1959). The combination Scyphophyllidium elegantissimum (Lönnberg, 1889) Woodland, 1927. This combination does not appear in Woodland and is questionable. May have been transferred to Scyphophyllideum by Woodland (1927)??

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created J. N. Caira, K. Jensen
03/13/2015Modified
10/14/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
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Genus Raja
Species batis
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Country Sweden
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.