Tapeworm Species Details

Mecistobothrium johnstonei (Southwell, 1929) Beveridge & Campbell, 1998
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4634
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Mecistobothrium
Species johnstonei
Authority (Southwell, 1929) Beveridge & Campbell, 1998
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tentacularia johnstonei Southwell, 1929; Rhynchobothrius rhynchobatidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) of Southwell, 1924
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1998. Re-examination of the trypanorhynch cestode collections of A.E. Shipley, J. Hornell and T. Southwell, with the erection of a new genus, Trygonicola, and redescriptions of seven species. Systematic Parasitology 39: Jan-34.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1998. Re-examination of the trypanorhynch cestode collections of A.E. Shipley, J. Hornell and T. Southwell, with the erection of a new genus, Trygonicola, and redescriptions of seven species. Systematic Parasitology 39: Jan-34.

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Scientific Name Notes Original description on pg. 328 of Southwell (1929.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/17/2012Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Ceylon Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.15.66-69a–f (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.