Tapeworm Species Details

Echeneibothrium trifidum Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3158
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Anthocephaliidae
Subfamily
Genus Echeneibothrium
Species trifidum
Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Divaricobothrium trifidum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Caira, Healy, Marques & Jensen, 2017
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
01/29/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/10/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brevitrygon
Species walga?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
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Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 3
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.