Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegas holothuriae (Shipley, 1903) Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4638
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegas
Species holothuriae
Authority (Shipley, 1903) Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus holothuriae Shipley, 1903
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Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. 1903. On the Ento-parasites collected by the “Skeat Expedition” to lower Siam and the Malay Peninsula in the years 1899-1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 145-146.

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

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Record Data

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

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus ?Molpadia
Species unknown
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host not known
Host Notes host described as “a common holothurian found at the mouth of the patani River”

Type Locality

Country Indonesia
Body of Water Halmahera Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Halmahera, North Moluccas
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Specimens

Type Material none known
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.