Tapeworm Species Details

Onchobothrium farmeri (Southwell, 1911) Southwell, 1930
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3210
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Onchobothrium
Species farmeri
Authority (Southwell, 1911) Southwell, 1930
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Calliobothrium farmeri Southwell, 1911
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
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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Southwell, T. 1930. Cestoda. Vol. I. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma : 391.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Southwell (1930) 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
02/19/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/09/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
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
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Total Number of Type Specimens 2
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.