Tapeworm Species Details

Otobothrium crenacolle Linton, 1890
Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4734
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Otobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Otobothrium
Species crenacolle
Authority Linton, 1890
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus crenacollis (Linton, 1890) Vaullegard, 1899
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and J.-L. Justine. 2007. Redescriptions of four species of Otobothrium Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), including new records from Australia, New Caledonia and Malaysia, with the description of O. parvum n. sp.. Zootaxa 1587: 1-25.

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Scientific Name Notes Palm (2004) treated this species as a synonym of O. cysticum (Mayer, 1842). See Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for a review of the taxonomic history of this species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
06/19/2014Modified
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
10/23/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Sphyrnidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sphyrna
Species zygaena
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Sphyrna
Species zygaena
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes See Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) 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 Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7695 according to redescription by Beveridge & Justine (2007); none extant in USNPC- neotypes in MHMG Inv 37282
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes See Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for list of additional localities.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.