Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium floraformis Southwell, 1912
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2970
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Anthobothrium
Species floraformis
Authority Southwell, 1912
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scyphophyllidium floraformis (Southwell, 1912) Caira, Jensen & Ruhnke, 2020
Synonyms Phyllobothrium floraforme (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1930; Paraorygmatobothrium floraformis (Southwell, 1912) Ruhnke, 2011
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By TR Ruhnke
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Yamaguti (1959) considered this to be a synonym of Scyphophyllidium giganteum. Ruhnke (2011) transferred the species to Paraorygmatobothrium.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy, TR Ruhnke
03/13/2015Modified
02/25/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
03/09/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/14/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharias
Species bleekeri
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species sorrah
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) additional hosts: Carcharias sp.
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Periya Paar Karai
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 18
Voucher Material LRP 7427-7430
Specimen Notes Southwell reported that a single specimen was taken from C. bleekeri and 17 from Carcharias sp. No deposition information was given.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.