Tapeworm Species Details

Calliobothrium verticillatum (Rudolphi, 1819) van Beneden, 1850
Tetraphyllidea: Calliobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3049
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Calliobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Calliobothrium
Species verticillatum
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) van Beneden, 1850
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus verticillatus Rudolphi, 1819; Acanthobothrium verticillatum (Rudolphi, 1819) van Beneden, 1849
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By J. P. Bernot
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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van Beneden, P.-J. 1850. Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Les vers cestoides, considérés sous le rapport physiologique, embryogénique et zooclassique. Mémoires de l‘Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 25: 1-199 (+plates).

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes no figures in Rudolphi’s original description (1819). Van Beneden (1850) uses this combination but doesn’t explicitly indicate that it is a new combination; but we find this to be the first use of this combination

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created J. N. Caira, J. P. Bernot, K. Je
02/12/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
04/15/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/18/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/07/2017ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Triakidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mustelus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Arimini
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes We believe the type locality is Rimini, Italy

Specimens

Type Material Location of type specimens not indicated
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.