Tapeworm Species Details

Monorygma perfectum (van Beneden, 1853) Diesing, 1863
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3200
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Monorygma
Species perfectum
Authority (van Beneden, 1853) Diesing, 1863
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrabothrium (Orygmatobothrium) perfectum Diesing, 1854
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1853. Sur un poisson rare de nos côtes (Scimnus glacialis) et ses parasites. Bulletins de l‘Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique 20(2): 258-263.

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Diesing, K. M. 1863. Revision der Cephalocotyleen. Abtheilung: Paramecocotyleen. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien Mathematische-Naturwissenschuften Classe Abtheilung I. 48(6): 200-345.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created B. Barbeau, T.R. Ruhnke and J.N.
02/26/2013Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/06/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
09/18/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
05/29/2017ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order squaliformes
Host Family Somniosidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Somniosus
Species microcephalus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Somniosus
Species microcephalus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Godhavn, Greenland; Umvik, Greenland; Storfijorden, Greenland.
Locality Notes Type Locality not specified.

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material BMNH 1979.1.15.39-49; MNHN HEL 139-146.
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.