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Rhodobothrium Linton, 1889
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3559
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
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Genus Rhodobothrium
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Authority Linton, 1889
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
Valid Name Rhodobothrium Linton, 1890
Synonyms Inermiphyllidium Riser, 1955; Sphaerobothrium Euzet, 1959; Proboscidosaccus Gallien, 1949
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Type Species Rhodobothrium pulvinatum Linton, 1889
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Linton, E. 1889. Notes on cestoid Entozoa of marine fishes. American Journal of Science and Arts. 3rd Series 37: 239-240.

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Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Scientific Name Notes Linton first used this name in 1889 (Citation 267) but failed to describe either the genus or its type, R. pulvinatum and thus this name was not formally established until his 1890 publication (Citation No. 1011), where noting that he felt he had been "misled" (pg. 759) by the morphology he placed his new species in Anthobothrium, but also mentioned Rhodobothrium and R. pulvinatum. Determined to be a genus of the Rhinebothriidea by Healy et al (2009) and Ruhnke (2011).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/10/2006 Created B. Barbeau
01/28/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau

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