Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4735 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Otobothriidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Otobothrium |
| Species | curtum |
| Authority | (Linton, 1908) Dollfus, 1942 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Rhynchobothrium curtum Linton, 1909 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | I. Beveridge |
| Citation(s) |
Linton, E. 1908. IX. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Publication No. 102, Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1: 157-190. (277) Download PDFDollfus, R.-P. 1942. Études critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, 6. Série 19: 7-466. (170) Download PDF |
| 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. (4709) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | The date of publication is variously cited as 1908 and 1909, but the appropriate citation is Linton (1908). Original description on pg. 179 of Linton (1908). Palm (2004) treated this species a s a synonym of O. cysticum (Mayer, 1842) |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
|---|---|---|
| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 05/07/2015 | Modified | |
| 06/04/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 05/13/2016 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 06/09/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 08/24/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 08/19/2020 | Modified | P. Lopez Dineen |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Carcharhiniformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Carcharhinidae | ||||||
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| Additional Host(s) | Larvae: Mycteroperca bonaci (viscera); Epinephelus striatus (cyst on the viscera) | ||||||
| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | U.S.A. |
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| Body of Water | |
| Island(s) | Dry Tortugas |
| City/Region | Florida |
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| Locality Notes | Additional localities: Australia, New Caledonia (Beveridge & Justine, 2000) |
Specimens
| Type Material | USNPC 9000 (per Beveridge & Justine, 2000) |
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| Specimen Notes | Material examined by Bsveridge & Justine (2000) for redescription: "From Galeocerdo cuvier: types; 31 specimens, Baie de Prony, New Caledonia, from two sharks (MNHN JNC 1207Hl-H26, 1414Al-A20); 10 specimens, Mackay, Qld, Australia (SAM 29088)." |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Plate 6. Rhynchobothrium curtum sp. nov., from Galeocerdo tigrinus. 44. Head, neck, and anterior part of strobile, alcoholic, showing marginal view of bothrium; length of head 0.20 mm. 45. Lateral view of bothrium, and anterior end of strobile, alcoholic; length of bothrium 0.19 mm. 46. Same view of another specimen mounted in balsam; length of bothrium 0.19 mm. 47. Last segments of strobile mounted in balsam; breadth of last segment 0.33 mm. Abbreviations: b. Muscular bulbs, whose use is to evert the proboscides by pressure on fluid with which they are filled; l. v. Lateral vessel; 
FIGURES 9-14. Otobothrium curium (Linton, 1909) based on specimens from New Caledonia. 9, Entire mature worm.
10, Scolex, lateral view. 11, Scolex, dorso-ventral view. 12, Bulb. 13, Mature segment. 14, Terminal genitalia. Scalebars: Fig. 9, 1.0 mm; Figs. 10-14, 0.1 mm. 
FIGURES 15--20. Otohothrium curtum (Linton, 1909), tentacular armature, based on specimens from New Caledonia.
15, Metabasal armature, antibothrial surface, 22 hook rows from base. 16, Metabasal armature, internal surface, 13 hook
rows from base. 17, Metabasal armature, external surface, 16 hook rows from base. 18, Basal armature, antibothrial surface.
19, Basal armature, external surface. 20, Metabasal armature, external surface, showing alternate numbering of hooks. Scale bar: 0.01 mm. 
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