Tapeworm Species Details

Otobothrium propecysticum Dollfus, 1969
Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4737
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Otobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Otobothrium
Species propecysticum
Authority Dollfus, 1969
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Dollfus, R.-P. 1969. De quelques cestodes Tétrarhynques (hétéracanthes et pécilacanthes) récoltés chezdes poissons de la Méditerranée. Vie et Milieu 20: 491-542.

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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 Original description on pg. 512 of Dollfus (1969)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, I. Beveridge
08/11/2010Modified
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/26/2017ModifiedK. 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 valve
Host Notes Sphyrna mokarran as an additional host in Beveridge & Justine (2007)

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Sete
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Arafura Sea, NT, Australia s an additional locality in Beveridge & Justine (2007)

Specimens

Type Material MNHN BD 87-90 (syntypes) (as reported in redescription by Beveridge & Justine [2007])
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes see Beveridge & Justine (2007) for list of voucher material examined for redescription
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.