Tapeworm Species Details

Pterobothrium lintoni (MacCallum, 1916) Dollfus, 1942
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4711
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pterobothrium
Species lintoni
Authority (MacCallum, 1916) Dollfus, 1942
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Synobothrium lintoni MacCallum, 1916; Synbothrium malleum Linton, 1924; Pterobothrium dasybati Yamaguti, 1934; Pterobothrium chaeturichthydis Yamaguti, 1952;
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1916. Some new species of parasitic trematodes of marine fishes. Zoopathologica 1: Jan-39.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1942. Études critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, 6. Série 19: 7-466.

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Redescription

Campbell, R. A. and I. Beveridge. 1996. Revision of the family Pterobothriidae Pintner, 1931 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 617-662.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/21/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species centroura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bathytoshia (paraphyletic)
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes MacCallum did not designate a type host, but states "...while working at the United States Fish Commission Laboratory at Wood's Hole a large sting ray Dasybatus pastinacus fell to my share, and, while examining the contents of the spiral valve, I found among the denizens of that interesting structure, four cestodes which were unknown to me...and proved to be Synbothria of a new species." (MacCallum, 1916, pg. 7). See redescription in Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes See redescription in Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7720 (holotype) (as reported in Campbell & Beveridge [1996])
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes See redescription in Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of voucher material used for redescription.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.