Tapeworm Species Details

Echeneibothrium tumidulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Diesing, 1863
Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3160
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Echeneibothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Echeneibothrium
Species tumidulum
Authority (Rudolphi, 1819) Diesing, 1863
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rhinebothrium tumidulum (Rudolphi, 1819) Euzet, 1953
Synonyms Bothriocephalus tumidulus Rudolphi, 1819
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
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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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Redescription

Euzet, L. 1953. Cestodes tétraphyllides nouveaux ou peu connus de Dasyatis pastinaca (L.). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 28: 339-351.

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Scientific Name Notes no figures in Rudolphi’s original description (1819) although Diesing (1863) gives “Beneden” as the authority citation for this name, Van Beneden (1850) did not make this new combination; rather he referred to this species as Bothriocephalus tumidulum.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/17/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rajae
Species pastinacae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
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Specimens

Type Material ZMB (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.