Tapeworm Species Details

Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929) Beveridge & Campbell, 1989
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4713
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pterobothrium
Species pearsoni
Authority (Southwell, 1929) Beveridge & Campbell, 1989
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus pearsoni Southwell, 1929; Myrmillorhynchus pearsoni (Southwell, 1929) Bilqees, 1980
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1989. Chimaerarhynchus n.g. and Patellobothrium n.g., two new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes with unique poeciloacanthous armatures, and a reorganisation of the poeciloacanth trypanprhynch families. Systematic Parasitology 14: 209-225.

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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 Additional notes on this species can be found in Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012)

Record Data

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

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Scombridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cybium
Species guttatum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scomberomorus
Species guttatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host mesentery
Host Notes See redescriptions by Bilqees (1980) and Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Puri Orissa, India
Locality Notes Southwell (1929) does not formally designate a type locality between the two listed here. See redescriptions by Bilqees (1980) and Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.4.83-84 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Biqees (1980) also deposited a holotype for her new combination Myrmillorhynchus pearsoni: SPUK 2015C
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.