Tapeworm Species Details

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

Species ID 4693
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Zygorhynchus
Species robertsoni
Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 1988
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
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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Scientific Name Notes

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) Dasyatis leylandi (valid as Neotrygon leylandi)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Fog Bay, Northern Territory
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM V4093 (holotype); SAM 17255 and BMNH 1987.8.25.2 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 2 paratypes
Voucher Material SAM 17265 (voucher)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.