Tapeworm Species Details

Pterobothrium platycephalum (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1930
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4714
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pterobothrium
Species platycephalum
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Dollfus, 1930
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus platycephalus Shipley & Hornell, 1906; Lacistorhynchus platycephalus (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Pintner, 1913
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1930. Sur les Tetrarhynques (2e Contribution) (Dibothriorhynchus, Sphyriocephala, Tentacularia, Nybelinia). Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France 29: 139-216.

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Redescription

Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Description of a new trypanorhynch species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the suppression of Oncomegoides and the erection of a new genus Hispidorhynchus. Journal of Parasitology 98(2): 408-414.

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Scientific Name Notes Also formerly redescribed by Beveridge & Campbell (1998) (citation #4345)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
11/11/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
08/22/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/13/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brevitrygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Additional hosts: Dasyatis brevicaudata, Himantura fai, Himantura uarnacoides, Himantura sp., Urolophus gigas, etc. (Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012)

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Makassar Strait off Muara Pasir, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Arafura Sea off Wessel Islands, Northern Territory Australia, Port Philiip Bay off Queenscliff, Victoria, Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia (Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012)

Specimens

Type Material NMV 2100 (holotype); NMV 3329 (specimens in ethanol) (as given in Beveridge and Campbell, 1998)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Voucher material used for redescription by Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012): in MZB (No. Ca157); LRP (Nos 7855–7857); SAM (Nos 35122–35125; 35261–35265); USNPC (No. 104820)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.