Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium paratrygoni Rego & Dias, 1976
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3416
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species paratrygoni
Authority Rego & Dias, 1976
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhinebothrium paranaensis
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By Reyda
Citation(s)

Rego, A. A. and A. P. L. Dias. 1976. Estudos de cestóides de peixes do Brasil. 3.a Nota: Cestóides de raias fluviais Paratrygonidae. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 36: 941-956.

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Redescription

Reyda, F. B., and F. P. L. Marques. 2011. Diversification and species boundaries of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda; Rhinebothriidea) in South American freshwater stingrays (Batoidea; Potamotrygonidae). PLOS One 6(8): .

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Scientific Name Notes Reyda and Marques (2011) redescribed Rhinebothrium paratrygoni and designated Rhinebothrium paranaensis Menoret and Ivanov 2009 as a synonym of Rhinebothrium paratrygoni

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy, Reyda
03/12/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
09/28/2016ModifiedF. Marques

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Potamotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Elipesurus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Potamotrygon
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Potamotrygon falkneri, Potamotrygon motoro, Potamotrygon brachyura, Potamotrygon histrix, Potamotrygon sp. (tar1), and Potamot
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Based on type locality, it can inferred that the type host was a species of Genus Potamotrygon. Additional hosts are those reported by Reyda and Marques, 2011 and by Menoret and Ivanov, 2009

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Rio Salobra
Island(s)
City/Region Mato Grosso do Sul State
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Rio Salobra, Paraguay sub-basin, La Plata Basin, at Miranda, Distrito de Salobra, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (-20.210,-56.5); Rio Apa, Paraguay sub-basin, La Plata Basin, at Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (-22.110, -56.510); Rio Parana, Parana sub-basin, La Plata Basin, at Jupia, Distrito de Tres Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (-20.790, -51.650); Rio Parana, Parana sub-basin, La Plata Basin, at Porto Primavera, Sao Paulo State, Brazil (-22.470, -52.960); Padre Inacio, Paraguay subbasin, La Plata Basin, at Caceres, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (-16.241, -57.786); Rio Mutum, Paraguay sub-basin, La Plata Basin, at Barao de Melgaco, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (-16.299, -55.804); Rio Uruguay, Uruguay Basin, at Porto Xavier, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (-27.900, -55.220); Colastine River, Rio La Plata or Parana Basin, at Santa Fe, Argentina (-31.667, -60.767); Lago Novo, Jurua sub-basin, Amazon Basin, at Boca do Acre, Amazonas State, Brazil (-8.746, -67.381); Lago Arara, Jurua sub-basin, Amazon Basin, Acre State, Brazil (-8.068, -70.718).
Locality Notes No coordinates were provided in the original description by Rego & Dias, 1976. Additional localities are those reported by Menoret and Ivanov, 2009 and by Reyda and Marques, 2011

Specimens

Type Material Holotype and 4 paratypes of R. paratrygoni (CHIOC 31.213b, 31.213a, and 31.213 c–e respectively).
Total Number of Type Specimens 5
Voucher Material See "Notes" below for details on vouchers; this box did not have enough space!
Specimen Notes Voucher specimens of R. paratrygoni: HWML 21010, 21016, 34095; USNPC 75712; MZUSP 5866– 5909. Paratypes of R. paranaensis (MACN–Pa nos. 478/2, 478/3, and 478/5). Voucher specimens of R. paratrygoni examined and deposited as part of the current study: Fifty whole mounts (MZUSP 6214, 6250a, 6252, 6253a, 6254a–b, 6256b, 6258a, 6258c, 6259b, 6260d–e, 6260i–o, 6261d, 6263h–i, 6264a, 6265a, 6265f, 6266a–b, 6267h, 6268a, 6269; LRP 7657, 7659–7661, 7663–7667, 7670; USNPC 104716, 104718–104720, 104721 (4 slides), 104723, 104725), two free mature proglottids (MZUSP 6259e, 6265j), eight free gravid proglottids (6259a, 6263f–g, 6267b, 6267d–e; LRP 7668; USNPC 104724), ten pairs of proglottids en copula (MZUSP 6260a, 6261a, 6263a, 6254e, 6258b; LRP 7662, 7667; USNPC 104718, 104721–104722), six scoleces and four free proglottids prepared for SEM (MZUSP 6237–6243, 6257, LRP 7658, USNPC 104717, respectively), cross sections of one strobila and longitudinal sections of one scolex of one worm ((MZUSP 6197a–q (including vouchers)), and ten voucher specimens (i.e., hologenophores) of sequenced worms (MZUSP 6209–6214, 6965–6967, 6969 for GenBank Nos. JF80684–JF80693).
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.