Tapeworm Species Details

Pithophorus musculosus Subhapradha, 1955
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3355
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pithophorus
Species musculosus
Authority Subhapradha, 1955
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scyphophyllidium musculosum (Subhapradha, 1955) Caira, Jensen & Ruhnke, 2020
Synonyms Doliobothrium musculosum (Subhapradha, 1955) Caira, Malek & Ruhnke, 2011
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Subhapradha, C. K. 1955. Cestode parasites of fishes of Madras Coast. Indian Journal of Helminthology 7(2): 41-132.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created J. N. Caira, K. Jensen
10/17/2013Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
07/14/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharias
Species acutus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) additional hosts: Carcharias limbatus, Carcharias walbeehmi, Rhynchobatus djeddensis
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Madras coast
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens [not given]
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.