Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 3243 |
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| Order | Tetraphyllidea |
| Family | Balanobothriidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Pedibothrium |
| Species | kerkhami |
| Authority | (Southwell, 1911) Southwell, 1925 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Phyllobothroides kerkhami Southwell, 1911 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | No |
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| 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. (437) Download PDFSouthwell, T. 1925. A monograph on the Tetraphyllidea with notes on related cestodes. Memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (New Series) 2: 1-368. (443) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Caira, J. N. 1992. Verification of multiple species of Pedibothrium in the Atlantic nurse shark with comments on the Australasian members of the genus. Journal of Parasitology 78: 289-308. (95) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | Southwell uses the name Phyllobothroides kerkhami n. sp. in 1911 (Citation No. 436) but describes the species formally in 1911 (Citation No. 437). this species was considered to be junior Synonym of Pedibothrium longispine Linton, 1908 by Southwell (1925); in doing so he created the new combination Pedibothrium kerkhami |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 09/09/2006 | Created | K. Jensen , R. Tracy |
| 01/02/2014 | Modified | |
| 06/06/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 06/08/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 06/12/2015 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 01/10/2016 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 01/13/2016 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 01/19/2016 | Modified | K. Jensen |
| 09/18/2016 | Modified | K. Jensen |
| 08/07/2017 | Modified | J. Caira |
Type Host
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| Host Order | Orectolobiformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Hemiscylliidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | Ceylon [Sri Lanka] |
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Specimens
| Type Material | deposited at the Colombo Museum, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | 270 |
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| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
PLATE IV. FIGURE 1 a-d. Phyllobothroides kerkhami n. sp. a. Phyllobothroides kerkhami, n. gen., n. sp. x20. b. Termination of neck and first proglottides of same. x50. c. Head of same. x25. d. View of the bifurcated hooks on the head of same, highly maginfied. 
FIGURES 45-52. Scanning electron micrographs of Pedibothrium kerkhami and Pedibothrium veravalensis. 45. Scolex of P. kerkhami; locations at which Figures 46-48 were taken are indicated with corresponding numbers arrow at CP marks end of cephalic peduncle. 46. Microtriches on distal bothridial surface of P. kerkhami. 47. Microtriches on proximal bothridial surface of P. kerkhami. 48. Microtriches on cephalic peduncle of P. kerkhami. 
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