Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium geminum Marques, Brooks & Ureña, 1996
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3402
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species geminum
Authority Marques, Brooks & Ureña, 1996
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scalithrium geminum (Marques, Brooks & Ureña, 1996) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
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Citation(s)

Marques, F., D. R. Brooks and H. M. Ureña. 1996. Two new species of tetraphyllidean cestodes in Himantura pacifica (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatididae) from the northwest coast of Costa Rica. Journal of Parasitology 82(2): 302-306.

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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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/12/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
11/03/2015ModifiedF. Marques
11/04/2015ModifiedF. Marques
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species pacifica
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species pacifica
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Costa Rica
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
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DD Longitude
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MNHG no. INV 20587 (holotype) MNHG no. INV 20588-9, UNSMHWML no. 38743 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 16
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.