Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegoides celatus Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4642
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegoides
Species celatus
Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Oncomegus celatus (Beveridge & Campbell, 2005) Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2005. Three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Systematic Parasitology 60: 211-224.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
07/26/2012Modified
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species microps
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Megatrygon
Species microps
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Himantura jenkinsii (=Himantura jenkinsi)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Arafura Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Northern Territory
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM 28644 (holotype); SAM 28645, BMNH 2004.7.12.6, USNPC 94896, LRP 3715-6 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 38 partypes
Voucher Material SAM 28648 (specimens from spiral valve of Himantura jenkinsii, Arafura Sea, off Northern Territory, Australia)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.