Tapeworm Species Details

Dollfusiella tenuispinis (Linton, 1890) Beveridge, Neifar & Euzet, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4629
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Dollfusiella
Species tenuispinis
Authority (Linton, 1890) Beveridge, Neifar & Euzet, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium tenuispine Linton, 1890; Prochristianella tenuispinis (Linton, 1890) Dollfus, 1946
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Beveridge, I., L. Neifar, and L. Euzet. 2004. Eutetrarhynchid cestodes from Atlantic and Mediterranean elasmobranch fishes, with the description of two new species of Dollfusiella Campbell & Beveridge, 1994 and redescriptions of Prochristianella papillifer (Poyarkoff, 1909) Dollfus, 1957 and Parachristianella trygonis Dollfus, 1946. Systematic Parasitology 59: 81-102.

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Redescription

Dollfus, R.-P. 1946. Notes diverses sur les Tetrarhynques. Memoires du Museum national d’Histoire naturelle 22: 179-220.

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Scientific Name Notes Redescribed by Dollfus (1946) as Prochristianella tenuispinis (Linton 1890) Dollfus 1964 n. comb. Moved to Dollfusiella by Beveridge, Neifar and Euzet (2004). In some places, the original authority is listed as Linton (1891), but the appropriate authority is Linton (1890). Original description on page 837 of Linton (1890).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/24/2012Modified
05/11/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/29/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
10/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
12/04/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathytoshia
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Additional host: Hypanus sabinus (=Dasyatis sabina) (Henson, 1975)

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Ocean Springs, Mississippi (Henson, 1975)

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7711 (syntypes) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes USNPC 8994 (from Ginglymostoma cirratum) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.