Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium scorzai Lopez-Neyra & Diaz-Ungria, 1958
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3421
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species scorzai
Authority Lopez-Neyra & Diaz-Ungria, 1958
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rhinebothroides scorzai (Lopez-Neyra & Diaz-Ungria, 1958) Mayes, Brooks & Thorson, 1981
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Citation(s)

López-Neyra, C. R. and C. Diaz-Ungria. 1958. Cestodes de Venezuela. V. Cestodes de vertebrados Venezolanos [segunda nota]. Novedades Cientificas Contribucciones ocasionales del Museo de Historia Natural La Salle, Caracas, Venezuela. Serie Zoológica 23: 1-41.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
03/12/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
10/09/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
09/23/2022ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Potamotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Potamotrygon
Species hystrix
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Potamotrygon
Species hystrix
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Venezuela
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.