Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchobothrium australe Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4682
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchobothrium
Species australe
Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1988. A review of the Tetrarhynchobothriidae Dollfus, 1969 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) with descriptions of two new genera, Didymorhynchus and Zygorhynchus. Systematic Parasitology 12: 29-Mar.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This genus was placed in the Tetrarhynchobothriidae by Campbell & Beveridge (1994)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
07/27/2010Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/22/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/23/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Myliobatis
Species australis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Myliobatis
Species tenuicaudatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Intermediate host: Amusium balloti (pleroceroid in gonad)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Myliobatis australis a junior synonym of Myliobatis tenuicaudatus

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Young Rocks, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM V9402 (holotype); SAM 17254 and BMNH 1987.8.25.3 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 7 paratypes
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.