Tapeworm Species Details

Pseudanthobothrium shetlandicum Wojciechowska, 1990
Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3385
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Echeneibothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pseudanthobothrium
Species shetlandicum
Authority Wojciechowska, 1990
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Notomegarhynchus shetlandicum (Wojciechowska, 1990) Ivanov & Campbell, 2002
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Wojciechowska, A. 1990. Pseudanthobothrium shetlandicum sp. n. and P. notogeorgianum sp. n. (Tetraphyllidea) from rays in the regions of the South Shetlands and South Georgia (Antarctic). Acta Parasitologica Polonica 35(3): 181-186.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen
03/12/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Arhynchobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bathyraja
Species eatonii
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathyraja
Species eatonii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Bathyraja maccaini
Site in Host small intestine, mainly in median and posterior parts
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Antarctica
Body of Water
Island(s) South Shetlands
City/Region
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material holotype and paratypes in the authors possession (Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland) BMNH No. 1989.4.4.3 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 5 [>500 were collected)
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.