Tapeworm Species Details

Echeneibothrium insignia (Southwell, 1911) Young, 1956
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3130
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Echeneibothrium
Species insignia
Authority (Southwell, 1911) Young, 1956
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rhinebothrium insignia Southwell, 1911
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1911. Description of nine new species of cestode parasites, including two new genera from marine fishes of Ceylon. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 216-225.

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Scientific Name Notes Young (1956) 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

Type Host

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Genus Trygon
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Himantura
Species uarnak
Subspecies
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Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.