Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4683 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Eutetrarhynchidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Tetrarhynchobothrium |
| Species | rossii |
| Authority | (Southwell, 1912) Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Rhynchobothrium rossii Southwell, 1912 Tentacularia rossii (Southwell, 1912) Southwell, 1929 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Southwell, T. 1912. A description of ten new species of cestode parasites from marine fishes of Ceylon, with notes on other cestodes from the same region. Ceylon Marine Biological Report 1: 259-278. (438) Download PDFBeveridge, 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. (4283) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
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. (4283) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | This genus was palced in the Tetrarhynchobothriidae by Campbell & Beveridge (1994) Redescribed by Beveridge & Campbell (1998) |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 06/03/2014 | Modified | |
| 06/08/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 10/23/2015 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 08/22/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Myliobatiformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Dasyatidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | See Southwell (1929) and Beveridge & Campbell (1988) for lists of additional hosts |
Type Locality
| Country | Ceylon [Sri Lanka] |
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| Body of Water | Indian Ocean |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Pearl Banks |
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| Locality Notes | See Southwell (1929) and Beveridge & Campbell (1988) for lists of additional localities |
Specimens
| Type Material | BMNH 1977.11.4.2-5 (lectotype) and BMNH 1977.11.4. 2-5 (paralectotypes) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | 1 lectotype, 8 paralectotypes |
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| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Plate III. Fig. 36. Rhynchobothrium rossii, n. sp. Entire cestode. x6. 
Plate III. Fig. 37. Head and neck of same. x15. Fig. 38. Termination of the proboscis of same. x100. 
Beveridge and Campbell (1988), pg. 9 
Figs 11-15. Tetrarhynchobothrium rossii (Southwell). 11. Scolex; 12. Bulb; 13. Mid-region of tentacle, internal surface on left hand side; note change in hook size from left to right hand side of tentacles; 14. Mid-region of tentacle, 0.4mm from base; 15. Base of tentacle, bothridial surface; external surface on right hand side. Scale lines: Figs 11-12, 0.1mm; Figs 13-15, 0.01mm. 
Figs 16-19. Tetrarhynchobothrium rossii (Southwell). 16. Mature segment; 17. Immature segment showing distribution of testes; 18.
Cirrus sac showing two internal seminal vesicles; 19. Gravid segment. Scale lines: 0.1 mm. 
Beveridge and Campbell (1988), pg. 9 Best viewed in Firefox
