Tapeworm Species Details

Mecistobothrium obesa (Southwell, 1929) Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4665
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Mecistobothrium
Species obesa
Authority (Southwell, 1929) Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Species inquirendum
Valid Name
Synonyms Tentacularia obesa Southwell, 1929
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes treated as a species inquirenda by Beveridge & Campbell (1998)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
11/05/2021ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species sephen
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral valve
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.11.32 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.