Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 3109 |
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| Order | Rhinebothriidea |
| Family | Echeneibothriidae |
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| Genus | Echeneibothrium |
| Species | austrinum |
| Authority | Linton, 1924 |
| Taxonomic Status | Species inquirenda |
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| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | No |
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| Citation(s) |
Linton, E. 1924. Gyrocotyle plana sp. nov. with notes on South African cestodes of fishes. Union of South Africa. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey 3(8): 1-27. (6496) Download PDF |
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| Scientific Name Notes | It appears this paper was published twice. Once, as a separate article in 1924 and again in 1925 along with the other papers in Volume 64. Thus, 1924 is the correct date for this name. |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 09/09/2006 | Created | K. Jensen , R. Tracy |
| 03/13/2015 | Modified | |
| 06/07/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 06/12/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 10/14/2015 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Plate VII. Fig. 70. Scolex, bothria much contracted so that the loculi are indistinct; diameter of scolex 0.35mm. m. myzorhynchus. Fig. 71. Scolex, opposite side from that shown in figure 70. Fig. 72. Myzorhynchus; diameter near apex 0.06mm. Fig. 73. Strobile 4mm. back of scolex; breadth of 0.16mm. Fig. 74. Strobile, antero-median; length of proglottides 0.10mm. Fig. 75. Posterior proglottis, dorsal view, partly diagrammatic; length 1.12mm. Fig. 76. Transverse section of scolex at about anterior third; 0.28 by 0.22mm. Fig. 77. Transverse section of body wall; thickness 0.045mm. Fig. 78. Longitudinal section of a body wall; thickness 0.048mm. Fig. 79. Transverse section of a proglottis, 13th from anterior end in series of 36 sections; 0.58 by 0.48 mm. Fig. 80. Twenty-fourth section of a proglottis in series of 41; 0.56 by 0.42mm. Fig. 81. Thirty-fourth section in series of 36; 0.55 x 0.42mm. Fig. 82. Portion of transverse section of proglottis showing interdigitations of ovary and vitelline gland; diameter at inner end of ovary 0.26mm. Fig. 83. Diagram of genital ducts; vitelline ducts not clearly shown in sections. Best viewed in Firefox
