Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium shipleyi Southwell, 1912
Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3423
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Anthocephaliidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species shipleyi
Authority Southwell, 1912
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Barbeaucestus shipleyi (Southwell, 1912) Caira, Healy, Marques & Jensen, 2017
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278.

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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
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
02/08/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
05/10/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species kuhli
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Neotrygon
Species kuhlii?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Clade 8 of Puckeridge et al. (2013) & Clade I of Borsa et al. (2016) according to Caira et al. (2017)

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water
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Specimens

Type Material BMNH No. 1977.11.1.116–121A (neotype; Caira et al., 2017)
Total Number of Type Specimens 70
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.