Tapeworm Species Details

Pterobothrium tangoli (MacCallum, 1921) Dollfus, 1942
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4717
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pterobothrium
Species tangoli
Authority (MacCallum, 1921) Dollfus, 1942
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrius tangoli MacCallum, 1921
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1921. Studies in Helminthology. Part 1. Trematodes. Part 2. Cestodes. Part 3. Nematodes. Zoopathologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society on the Diseases of Animals 1(6): 135-284.

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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 Also see entry in Palm (2004), pg. 248

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/06/2015Modified
06/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/22/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Scombridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ikan tangol
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scomber
Species japonicus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host peritoneum
Host Notes Palm (2004) identified the host as Scomber japonicus from the local name "Ikan tangol"

Type Locality

Country Indonesia, Kalimantan
Body of Water
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Banjarmasin
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 35805 (holotype) (as reported in Campbell and Beveridge, 1996)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.