Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium pulvinatum Linton, 1890
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2988
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Anthobothrium
Species pulvinatum
Authority Linton, 1890
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rhodobothrium pulvinatum Linton, 1890
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Scientific Name Notes Linton first used the name Rhodobothrium pulvinatum in 1889 (Citation 267) in a communication about his 1890 publication (Citation No. 1011), but provided no description of the type species, R. pulvinatum or the genus at that time and thus the 1889 record is considered to be a Nomen nudum. In 1890 Linton noted that he felt he had been "misled" (pg. 759) by the morphology and placed his new species in Anthobothrium as A. pulvinatum. However, in 1890 he also noted that he believed he was in error in establishing a new genus for A. pulvinatum, which he described in detail in the 1890 publication. However, as a consequence Linton (1890) also formally established both Rhodobothrium and its type species R. pulvinatum. Determined to be a genus of the Rhinebothriidea by Healy et al (2009) and Ruhnke (2011).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
07/07/2010Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 with numerous free segments
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.