Tapeworm Species Details

Platybothrium musteli Yamaguti, 1952
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3364
Order Tetraphyllidea
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Genus Platybothrium
Species musteli
Authority Yamaguti, 1952
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Erudituncus musteli (Yamaguti, 1952) Healy, Scholz & Caira, 2001
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Citation(s)

Yamaguti, S. 1952. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 49. Cestodes of fishes, II. Acta Medicinae Okayama 8: 1-76.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
09/29/2014Modified
09/17/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
01/09/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

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Genus Mustelus
Species manazo
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Genus Hemitriakis
Species japanica
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Specimens

Type Material 1 slide with the holotype (circled and labelled “Type of Cylindrophorus -->Platybothrium musteli n. sp. scolex drawn”) and 2 paratypes mounted on it, with other worms
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.