Tapeworm Species Details

Echeneibothrium cancellatum (Linton, 1890) Southwell, 1925
Tetraphyllidea: Dioecotaeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3116
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Dioecotaeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Echeneibothrium
Species cancellatum
Authority (Linton, 1890) Southwell, 1925
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dioecotaenia cancellata (Linton, 1890) Schmidt, 1969
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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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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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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Southwell (1925) 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 K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/05/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/19/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/21/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Rhinopteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhinoptera
Species quadriloba
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhinoptera
Species [bonasus]
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 3
Voucher Material USNPC No. 71230 (voucher) (new material)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.