Tapeworm Species Details

Platybothrium sardinellae Hornell & Nayudu, 1924
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Species ID 3366
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
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Genus Platybothrium
Species sardinellae
Authority Hornell & Nayudu, 1924
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Hornell, J. and M. R. Nayudu. 1924. A contribution to the life-history of the Indian sardine with notes on the plankton of the Malabar Coast. Madras Fisheries Bulletin 17: 129-197.

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Scientific Name Notes This is obviously a larval tapeworm. It lacks any features that would make it a member of Platybothrium Linton, 1890--but that is not what they mean, anyway: They erect the new genus “Platybothrium Hornell & Nayudu, 1924” for this species.

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09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
09/29/2014Modified

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Genus Sardinella
Species longiceps
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