Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegas javensis Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4639
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegas
Species javensis
Authority Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

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

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Description on pg. 474 of Palm (2004).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Bramidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Taractichthys
Species steindachneri
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Taractichthys
Species steindachneri
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Brotula multibarbata, Conger cinereus, Lophiomus setigerus (plerocerci). Dasyatis thetidis (adult)
Site in Host stomach wall, body cavity, intestinal contents (plerocerci); spiral valve (adult)
Host Notes

Type Locality

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

Specimens

Type Material ZMB 7338 (holotype); ZMB 7339-41 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.