Tapeworm Species Details

Discobothrium fallax Van Beneden, 1871
Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3682
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Echeneibothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Discobothrium
Species fallax
Authority Van Beneden, 1871
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Echeneibothrium fallax (Van Beneden, 1871) Woodward, 1927
Synonyms Tetrabothrium fallax (Van Beneden, 1871) Orley, 1885
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1871. Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l‘Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 38: 1-100.

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Scientific Name Notes Van Beneden (1871) lists this species as parasitizing “Raia clavata”; no new species designation or description of the species is given and only the scolex was illustrated; however, this seems to be the first mention of this name Euzet (1994) considers this genus to be a synonym of Echeneibothrium.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/25/2006 Created J. N. Caira, K. Jensen
02/24/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
10/14/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Raja
Species clavata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Raja
Species clavata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Belgium
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Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens [not given]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.