Tapeworm Species Details

Phoreiobothrium Linton, 1889
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Species ID 3510
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
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Genus Phoreiobothrium
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Authority Linton, 1889
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Phoreiobothrium lasium Linton, 1889
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Linton, E. 1889. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XIV. Report of the Commissioner for 1886 14: 453-511.

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Caira, J. N., V.M. Bueno, and K. Jensen. 2025. Sisters Parasitizing Sisters: On the Onchobothriidean Tapeworms of Hammerhead and Requiem Sharks. Journal of Parasitology 111(4): 532–570.

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Scientific Name Notes Caira also published an emendation of the generic diagnosis in 1985 (Cit# 88).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created
01/02/2014Modified
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
08/19/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/16/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
08/11/2025ModifiedV. Bueno

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