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Balanobothrium parvum Southwell, 1925
Tetraphyllidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3009
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Balanobothrium
Species parvum
Authority Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368.

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Scientific Name Notes The description and figures are poor and thus the species would be difficult to recognize from additional material; the host is also questionable. It is thus considered a Species inquirenda.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/24/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Trygon
Species sp.
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
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Specimens

Type Material type specimens in the School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool
Total Number of Type Specimens about 40
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.