Tapeworm Species Details

Prochristianella macracantha Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4656
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Prochristianella
Species macracantha
Authority Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Prochristianella butlerae Beveridge, 1990
Synonyms
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Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

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

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Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Prochristianella Dollfus, 1942 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from elasmobranchs off Borneo and Australia, including new records and the description of four new species. Zootaxa 3505: 1-25.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes In their redescription of Prochristianella butlerae Beveridge, 1990, Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012) (citation #6085, pg. 18) listed Prochristianella macracantha Palm, 2004 as a synonym of P. butlerae (see pgs. 2, 18)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/14/2012Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
11/16/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class
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Type Host
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Genus Pastinachus
Species sephen
Subspecies
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral valve
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Indonesia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Pelabuhan Ratu
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Specimens

Type Material ZMB 7361 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.