Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothroides venezuelensis Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3429
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothroides
Species venezuelensis
Authority Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rhinebothroides freitasi (Rego, 1979) Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Brooks, D. R., M. A. Mayes and T. B. Thorson. 1981. Systematic review of cestodes infecting freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) including four new species from Venezuela. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 48: 43-64.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
01/28/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/04/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

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) Potamotrygon yepezi
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Venezuela
Body of Water Orinoco River
Island(s)
City/Region near Curiapo
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Orinoco River, near Los Castillos; Lake Maracaibo area, near El Congo represa de Tule.
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNM 75705 (holotype); USNM 75706 (paratypes); 21005-21006 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Museum of deposition of 21005 and 21006 requires verification.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.