Tapeworm Species Details

Parachristianella trygonis Dollfus, 1946
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4647
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Parachristianella
Species trygonis
Authority Dollfus, 1946
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Dollfus, R.-P. 1946. Notes diverses sur les Tetrarhynques. Memoires du Museum national d’Histoire naturelle 22: 179-220.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I., L. Neifar, and L. Euzet. 2004. Eutetrarhynchid cestodes from Atlantic and Mediterranean elasmobranch fishes, with the description of two new species of Dollfusiella Campbell & Beveridge, 1994 and redescriptions of Prochristianella papillifer (Poyarkoff, 1909) Dollfus, 1957 and Parachristianella trygonis Dollfus, 1946. Systematic Parasitology 59: 81-102.

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Scientific Name Notes Redescription by Beveridge et al. (2004) including adult; also redescribed by Campbell & Beveridge (2007).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/16/2012Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/26/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
12/13/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
05/31/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Dasyatis toortonesei listed as an additional host in redescription by Beveridge et al. (2004)

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Concarneau (Finistere)
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Tunisia listed as an additional locality in redescription by Beveridge et al. (2004)

Specimens

Type Material MNHN BD 28, 19-21 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes see Beveridge et al. (2004) for list of voucher material examined for redescription
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.