Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium bilobatum (Young, 1955) Appy & Dailey, 1977
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3390
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species bilobatum
Authority (Young, 1955) Appy & Dailey, 1977
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scalithrium bilobatum (Young, 1955) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Young, R. T. 1955. Two new species of Echeneibothrium from the stingray Urobatis halleri. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 74(3): 232-234.

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Ball, D., L. Neifar, and L. Euzet. 2003. Proposition de Scalithrium n. gen. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) avec comme espèce-type Scalithrium minimum (Van Beneden, 1850) n. comb. parasite de Dasyatis pastinaca (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae). Parasite 10: 31-37.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/12/2015Modified
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
11/04/2015ModifiedF. Marques
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Urotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Urolophus
Species halleri
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Urobatis
Species halleri
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region California
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNM Helm. Coll. 45976
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.