Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegas paulinae Toth, Campbell & Schmidt, 1992
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4640
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegas
Species paulinae
Authority Toth, Campbell & Schmidt, 1992
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Hispidorhynchus paulinae (Toth, Campbell & Schmidt, 1992) Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By B. Schaeffner
Citation(s)

Toth, L. M., R. A. Campbell, and G. D. Schmidt. 1992. A revision of Oncomegas Dollfus, 1929 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) , the description of two new species and comments on its classification. Systematic Parasitology 22: 167-187.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/20/2014Modified
06/07/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Urotrygonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Urolophus
Species halleri
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Urobatis
Species halleri
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country México
Body of Water Pacific Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Puerto Peñasco
Coordinates 31°15’N, 113°35’W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 82186 (holotype); USNPC 82187, BMNH 1991.10.30.1-3 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Remainder in collection of Ron Campbell
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.