Tapeworm Species Details

Plesiorhynchus brayi Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Gilquiniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4612
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Gilquiniidae
Subfamily
Genus Plesiorhynchus
Species brayi
Authority Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Palm, H. W. 2004. The Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. PKSPL-IPB Press, Bogor, 710 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
02/26/2013Modified
05/29/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Etmopteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Etmopterus
Species princeps
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Etmopterus
Species princeps
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country
Body of Water North Atlantic
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1992.7.28.36 (holotype); BMNH 1992.7.28.37 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.