Tapeworm Species Details

Platybothrium spinulifera Southwell, 1912
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3367
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Platybothrium
Species spinulifera
Authority Southwell, 1912
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Phyllobothroides spinulifera (Southwell, 1912) Schmidt, 1986
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
09/29/2014Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
02/24/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Galeocerdo
Species tigrinus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Galeocerdo
Species cuvier
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water
Island(s)
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Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 44
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.