Tapeworm Species Details

Eutetrarhynchus platycephali Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4631
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Eutetrarhynchus
Species platycephali
Authority Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

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

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Described from plerocercus only. See Palm (2004) for an additional light micrograph plate.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Scorpaeniformes
Host Family Platycephalidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus [not known]
Species [not known]
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus [not known]
Species [not known]
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host gills
Host Notes "Plerocercus from the gills of an unidentified Platycephalidae" (Palm, 2004)

Type Locality

Country Indonesia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Pelabuhan Ratu
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material ZMB 7360 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.