Tapeworm Species Details

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

Species ID 3659
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family Onchobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Platybothrium
Species jondoeorum
Authority Healy, 2003
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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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
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species melanopterus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species melanopterus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Negaprion acutidens
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Fog Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Dundee Beach, Northern Territory
Coordinates
DD Latitude 12° 50’ S
DD Longitude 130° 12’ E
Additional Localities Bufffalo Creek, Darwin (12° 28’ S, 130° 50’ E), Northern Territory, Australia
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material QM No. G222320 (holotype) QM No. G222321-G222332 (paratypes) USNPC No. 92249-92250 (paratypes) LRP No. 3216-3220 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 23 mature worms, 5 slides of proglottid cross sections and 1 SEM specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.