Tapeworm Species Details

Prochristianella papillifer (Poyarkoff, 1909) Dollfus, 1957
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4660
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Prochristianella
Species papillifer
Authority (Poyarkoff, 1909) Dollfus, 1957
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus papillifer Poyarkoff, 1909; Prochristianella trygonicola Dollfus, 1946
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
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Citation(s)

Poyarkoff, E.. 1909. Organe sensoriel nouveau et histologie des muscles de la larve de Tetrarhynchus papillifer n. sp.. Societe Oceanographique du Golfe de Gascogne 30: 30-Jan.

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Dollfus, R.-P.. 1957. Que savons-nous sur la specificite parasitaire des cestodes tetrarhynques?. Premier symposium sur la specificite parasitaire des parasites de vertebres : 255-258.

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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 Described from plerocercus by Poyarkoff (1909); Dollfus (1946) described adult as P. trygonicola from Dayatis pastinaca, but recognized similarities; synonymised the two species in 1957 (pg. 256); adult redescribed by Beveridge et al. (2004)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
08/14/2012Modified
06/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Malacostraca
Host Order Decapoda
Host Family Upogebiidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Upogebia
Species stellata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Upogebia
Species stellata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host [not given]
Host Notes Adults from: Dasyatis pastinaca; Dasyatis tortonesei (redescription by Beveridge et al. 2004)

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Golfe de Gascogne (Bay of Biscay)
Island(s)
City/Region Arcachon
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional locality: Tunisia (redescription by Beveridge et al. 2004)

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.