Tapeworm Species Details

Myzophyllobothrium rubrum Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Tetraphyllidea: Rhoptrobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3204
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Rhoptrobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Myzophyllobothrium
Species rubrum
Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified 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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Redescription

Jensen, K., I. A. M. Pen, and J. N. Caira. 2021. A revision of the Rhoptrobothriidae (Cestoda: "Tetraphyllidea"). Zootaxa 4999(3): 201-218.

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Scientific Name Notes Jensen and Caira (2006) suggested that the metascolex structures of Myzocephalus, along with those of Rhoptrobothrium Shipley and Hornell, 1906 and Myzophyllobothrium Shipley and Hornell, 1906 were cephalic peduncle extensions they termed remi. Thus, they considered these morphological extensions to be non-homologous to those of Thysanocephalum.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy, T. R. Ruhn
08/03/2012Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
09/18/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/07/2017ModifiedJ. Caira
07/23/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Aetobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aetobatis
Species narinari
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Aetobatus
Species [ocellatus?]
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Puttalam Lake
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Ceylon is an old name for Sri Lanka

Specimens

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