Tapeworm Species Details

Platybothrium tantulum Healy, 2003
Onchoproteocephalidea II: Onchobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3657
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Platybothrium
Species tantulum
Authority Healy, 2003
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Healy, C. J. 2003. A revision of Platybothrium Linton, 1890 (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae), with a phylogenetic analysis and comments on host-parasite assocations. Systematic Parasitology 56: 85-139.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/25/2006 Created J. N. Caira, K. Jensen
09/29/2014Modified
01/10/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Sphyrnidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sphyrna
Species lewini
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Sphyrna
Species lewini
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Sphyrna zygaena
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Western Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region North Carolina
Coordinates
DD Latitude 35° 56’ 55”N
DD Longitude 75° 59’ 13”W
Additional Localities Wood’s Hole, Massachussetts and Augusta, Georgia, United States; Pacific Ocean, Yui, Shimizu (35° 04’ N, 138° 33’ E), Japan; Gulf of California, Bahia de Los Angeles (28° 55’N, 113° 32’ W ), Baja California and San Jose del Cabo (23° 02’ N, 109° 40’ W), Baja California Sur, Mιxico
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC No. 92253 (holotype) BMNH No. 2003.7.1.1-3 (paratypes) CNHE No. 4732-4733 (paratypes) MPM No. 18808 (paratypes) LRP No. 3233-3234 (paratypes) USNPC No. 7690, 92254 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 26 mature worms, 1 slide of proglottid cross sections and 3 SEM specimens
Voucher Material unverified specimens: USNPC No. 34917
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.