Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4710 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Pterobothriidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Pterobothrium |
| Species | lesteri |
| Authority | Campbell & Beveridge, 1996 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Campbell, R. A. and I. Beveridge. 1996. Revision of the family Pterobothriidae Pintner, 1931 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 617-662. (4293) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Cavearhynchus, a new genus of tapeworm (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae) from Himantura lobistoma Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006 (Rajiformes) off Borneo, including redescriptions and new records of species of Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850. Systematic Parasitology 82(2): 147-165. (5889) Download PDF |
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Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 05/07/2015 | Modified | |
| 11/11/2015 | Modified | N. Arisco |
| 08/21/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
Type Host
| Host Class | Actinopterygii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Perciformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Sciaenidae | ||||||
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| Additional Host(s) | Gymnura micrura | ||||||
| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | Also reported from Gymnura poecilura in redescription by Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012) (KA-37, KA-77, BO-430) (now Gymnura cf. poecilura 1) |
Type Locality
| Country | India |
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| Body of Water | Hooghly Estuary |
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| Locality Notes | Additional localities reported in redescription by Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012): Makassar Strait, Kuala, East Kalimantan, Indonesia (-1.017, 117.1); Pagatan, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (-3.6, 115.917); South China Sea off Mukah, Sarawak, Malaysia (2.9, 112.1) |
Specimens
| Type Material | BMNH 1977.11.16.25-32 (syntypes); BMNH 1980.12.3.2 (paratypes) |
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| Voucher Material | Material utilized by Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012) for redescription: Voucher specimens in MZUM (No. 2011.05); MZB (Nos Ca158–Ca161); LRP (Nos 7858–7861); USNPC (Nos 104818–104819). |
| Specimen Notes | Campbell & Beveridge (1996) did not specify a holotype; the adult forms are here treated as syntypes. |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Figs 52-55. Pterobothrium lesteri, sp. nov. 52, internal face, metabasal region; 52, bothridial face, metabasal region; 54, external face, basal region; 55, antibothridial face, basal region (note first row at base of tentacle, arrow). Scale lines: 52-55, 0.1mm. 
Figs 44-51. Pterobothrium lesteri, sp. nov., from Gymnura micrura. 44, scolex; 45, immature segment (vitellaria not shown); 46, basal armature, first row of hooks; 47, principal hooks 1-5 near tip of tentacle; 48, principal hooks 1-5 from proximal metabasal region; 49, variations of hooks 5(5') from metabasal region; 50, band hooks from external face; 51, intercalary hooks (a-c). Scale lines: 44, 0.5 mm; 45, 0.1 mm; 46-51, 0.045 mm. 
Schaeffner and Beveridge (2012) 
Fig. 4 Pterobothrium lesteri from Gymnura poecilura. A. Tentacular armature, basal to metabasal region, antibothrial surface; B. Bulb; C. Mature segment; D. Terminal genitalia, diagrammatic view. Abbreviations: c, cirrus; esv, external seminal vesicle; hs, hermaphroditic sac; mg, Mehlis' gland; ov, ovary; t, testis; ut, uterus; v, vagina; vit, vitelline follicle. Best viewed in Firefox
