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Onchobothrium pseudouncinatum de Beauchamp, 1905
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3216
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Onchobothrium
Species pseudouncinatum
Authority de Beauchamp, 1905
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus uncinatus Rudolphi, 1819; Acanthobothrium uncinatum (Rudolphi, 1819) Blanchard, 1849; Calliobothrium uncinatum (Rudolphi, 1819)
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Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

de Beauchamp, P. M. 1905. Études sur les cestodes des sélaciens. Archives de Parasitologie 9: 463-539.

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Scientific Name Notes de Beauchamp (1905; pg. 497) noting the confusion surrounding the identity of Rudolphi's (1819) concept of B. uncinatus, declared it a Nomen mutatum (i.e., because it was based on a monstrosity) and suggested "pseudo-uncinatum" as a replacement name.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/19/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/09/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/12/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/16/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

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Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
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Genus Raja
Species punctata
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Genus Raja
Species asterias
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Raja sp.
Site in Host spiral intestine
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