Tapeworm Species Details

Pterobothrium rubromaculatum (Diesing, 1863) Yamaguti, 1959
Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4720
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Pterobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pterobothrium
Species rubromaculatum
Authority (Diesing, 1863) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
Valid Name Rhynchobothrium rubromaculatum Diesing, 1863
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Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1863. Revision der Cephalocotyleen. Abtheilung: Paramecocotyleen. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien Mathematische-Naturwissenschuften Classe Abtheilung I. 48(6): 200-345.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This was a replacement name for Tetrarhynchus trygon-pastinacae of Wagener, 1954. Shipley & Hornell (1906) assigned cestodes from Himantura imbricata from Sri Lanka to this name. No specimens are extant. For details see Campbell & Beveridge (1996)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
06/18/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/17/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

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Genus Trygon
Species pastinaca
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Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Nice
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.