Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 3042 |
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| Order | Tetraphyllidea |
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| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Calliobothrium |
| Species | lintoni |
| Authority | Euzet, 1954 |
| Taxonomic Status | Synonym |
| Valid Name | Symcallio lintoni (Euzet, 1954) Bernot, Caira & Pickering, 2015 |
| Synonyms | |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | No |
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| Citation(s) |
Euzet, L. 1954. Quelques espèces du genre Calliobothrium Van Beneden 1850 (Cestoda-Tetraphyllidea). Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles. 3e Série 77: 67-79. (185) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Caira, J. N. 1985. Calliobothrium evani sp. n. (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from the Gulf of California, with a redescription of the hooks of C. lintoni and a proposal for onchobothriid hook terminology. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 52: 166-174. (89) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | Caira, 1985 emended the species description. |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 09/09/2006 | Created | K. Jensen , R. Tracy |
| 02/11/2015 | Modified | |
| 06/07/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 09/16/2015 | Modified | N. Arisco |
| 01/10/2016 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 01/13/2016 | Modified | K. Jensen |
| 01/19/2016 | Modified | K. Jensen |
| 01/22/2016 | Modified | K. Mojica |
Type Host
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| Host Order | Carcharhiniformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Triakidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | France |
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| Body of Water | |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Sete |
| Coordinates | |
| DD Latitude | 43° 24’N |
| DD Longitude | 3° 42’E |
| Additional Localities | Gulf of Tunis, Tunisia |
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Specimens
| Type Material | |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | |
| Voucher Material | |
| Specimen Notes | Material included in redescription: Holotype and 2 paratypes (MNHN no. 560HF); 10 paratypes and 2 slides of cross sections (USNPC no. 87129); 8 paratypes (HWML no. 39324). SEM stub retained in the second author's personal collection. |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
FIGURES 8, 9 & 13. Calliobothrium lintoni n. sp. 8. Préparation totale d’un anneau sexué. 9. Enveloppe des oeufs de Callibothrium lintoni à divers stades: a0 à la sortie de l’utérus, b, c, d) formes intermédiaires, e) après un quart d’heure dans l’eau de mer. 13. Crochets. 
Figures 10-13. Calliobothrium lintoni Euzet, 1954. 10. Distal view of hooks of HWML No. 20933. 11. Hook measurements taken. 12. Hook components separated; scale in Figure b applies to a, c, and d also. a. Abaxial hook, b. axial hook, c. accessory piece of a Wood's Hole specimen (HWML No. 20933), d. accessory piece of a Mexican specimen (HWML No. 22537). 13. Distal view of abaxial and axial hook articulation in unflattened Mexican specimen (HWML No. 22537). 
59. Calliobothrium lintoni.
FIGURES 61-64. Cocoons and uterine compartments containing on- Character 22: Shape of mature segments: 0-longer than wide;
chospheres of Calliobothrium species drawn to same scale. 64. Cocoon of Calliobothrium lintoni. Note numerous onchospheres concentrated in center of cocoon. 
FIGURES 48 -52. Scanning electron micrographs of Calliobothrium
lintoni. 48. Scolex. 49. Microtriches on distal bothridial surface. 50. Microtriches on proximal bothridial surface. 51. Microtriches on scolex
peduncle. 52. Detail of apical sucker showing muscular flaps. Scale bar in Figures 44, 48, 100 um; scale bar in Figures 45-47, 49-51, 1 um; scale bar in Figures 52 and 53, 20 um. Best viewed in Firefox
