Tapeworm Species Details

Rhinebothrium kinabatanganensis Healy, 2006
Rhinebothriidea: Anthocephaliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3686
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Anthocephaliidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhinebothrium
Species kinabatanganensis
Authority Healy, 2006
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Sungaicestus kinabatanganensis (Healy, 2006) Caira, Healy, Marques & Jensen, 2017
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By Reyda
Citation(s)

Healy, C. J. 2006. Three new species of Rhinebothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the freshwater whipray, Himantura chaophraya, in Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology 92(2): 364-374.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This is New Genus 4 of Healy et al. (2009).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/27/2006 Created B. Barbeau
03/12/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
05/10/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
03/23/2023ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species chaophraya
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Urogymnus
Species polylepis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) none
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Malaysia
Body of Water Kinabatangan River
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Kampung Abai, Sabah
Coordinates
DD Latitude 5.750
DD Longitude 118.383
Additional Localities none
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MZUM(P) No. 155 (holotype); IPMB No. 77.14.02 (1 paratype); LRP Nos. 3738-3739 (2 paratypes); USNPC No. 96426 (1 paratype).
Total Number of Type Specimens whole mounts of 6 complete and 1 partial mature worms and 1 SEM specimen
Voucher Material from Caira et al. (2017): LRP 3900 (hologenophore voucher of CH-9 of Healy et al. [2009]); LRP 8907 (voucher, scolex drawn in Fig. 8)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.