Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 3386 |
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| Order | Tetraphyllidea |
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| Genus | Reesium |
| Species | paciferum |
| Authority | (Sproston, 1948) Euzet, 1955 |
| Taxonomic Status | Incertae sedis |
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| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | Yes |
| Verified | No |
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Sproston, N. G. 1948. On the genus Dinobothrium van Beneden (Cestoda), with a description of two new species from sharks, and a note on Monorygma sp. from the electric ray. Parasitology 39: 73-90. (452) Download PDFEuzet, L. 1955. Remarques sur le genre Dinobothrium Van Beneden 1889 (Cestoda-Tetraphyllidea). Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 30: 174-192. (189) Download PDF |
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Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 09/09/2006 | Created | K. Jensen , R. Tracy |
| 02/05/2015 | Modified | |
| 06/06/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 06/08/2015 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 01/13/2016 | Modified | J. Caira |
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Specimens
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | 3 |
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Fig 19. D. paciferum n. sp. Whole mount of both syntypes - the scolex of the younger strobilus had begun to disintegrate when fixed, and its halves are displaced, and for the same reason the ‘neck’ of the other specimen is probably unduly elongated. Vitellaria in the posterior proglottides of the younger specimen completely obscure the other structures. (the letters in a-e indicate regions illustrated in higher magnifications in Figs. 21-23). 
Fig. 20. D. paciferum n. sp. Whole mount of scolex of gravid strobilus. Figs. 21-23. D. paciferum n.sp. Fig. 21. Proglottides a, b, c (see Fig. 19) showing the fully developed testes in two layers, overlain by vitellaria (shown diagramatically here and elsewhere by coarse stippling), and the devolping ovary at the base of the the proglottides a and b. 22. Proglottis (d, see Fig. 19) at the end of the male phase showing spent testes, distended genital ducts convoluting in the forward region, the fully developed ovary and the empty uterus occupying the median field in the upper half of the proglottis. 23. Terminal region of genital ducts and portion of uterus of gravid proglottis (e, see Fig. 19). Note the ‘baffle-wall’ at the entrance to the vagina and the introverted cirrus with its two sets of spines. 
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