Tapeworm Species Details

Eutetrarhynchus leucomelanus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4630
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Eutetrarhynchus
Species leucomelanus
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus leucomelanus Shipley & Hornell, 1906
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Pintner, T. 1913. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Tetrarhynchoideen. Sitzunzberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematik-Naturwissenschaften Classe 122: 171-253.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. 1990. Taxonomic revision of Australian Eutetrarhynchidae Guiart (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4(4): 785-845.

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Scientific Name Notes Original description on page 64 of Shipley & Hornell (1906).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, I. Beveridge
01/03/2014Modified
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species sephen?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Dutch Bay Spit
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional locality included in Beveridge (1990): Fog Bay, Northern Territory, Australia

Specimens

Type Material NMW 35 (syntypes) (as per Beveridge [1990])
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Beveridge (1990) also identifies a syntype from Fog Bay, N.T., Australia (HC 18365). SAM 18365 [?]
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.