Tapeworm Species Details

Carpobothrium Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Tetraphyllidea: Clade 3
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3536
Order Tetraphyllidea
Family Clade 3
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Genus Carpobothrium
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Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Carpobothrium chiloscyllii Shipley & Hornell, 1906
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Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Redescription

Koontz, A. and J. N. Caira. 2016. Emendation of Carpobothrium (“Tetraphyllidea”) from Bamboosharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscyliidae) with Redescription of Carpobothrium chiloscyllii and Description of a New Species from Borneo. Comparative Parasitology 83(2): 149-161.

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Scientific Name Notes Ruhnke (2011) noted that this genus was incertae sedis with respect to the Phyllobothriidae.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
12/18/2019ModifiedB. Barbeau

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