Tapeworm Species Details

Zygorhynchus elongatus Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4691
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Zygorhynchus
Species elongatus
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 Beveridge & Campbell (1988) placed this species in the Tetrarhynchobothriidae

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
04/29/2015Modified
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/23/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnak
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Rhynchobatus djiddensis; Himantura toshi (now valid as Maculabatis toshi)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Cape van Diemen, Northern Territory
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Fog Bay, NT, Australia; Nickol Bay, Western Australia
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM V4094 (holotype); SAM 17257 and BMNH 1987.8.25.1 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 3 paratypes
Voucher Material SAM 17258-9 (vouchers)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.