Tapeworm Species Details

Poecilancistrium caryophyllum (Diesing, 1850) Dollfus, 1929
Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4742
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Otobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Poecilancistrium
Species caryophyllum
Authority (Diesing, 1850) Dollfus, 1929
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium caryophyllum Diesing, 1850; Tetrarhynchus caryophyllum (Diesing, 1850) Pintner, 1932; Tetrarhynchus gangeticus Shipley & Hornell, 1906; Otobothrium ilisha (Southwell & Prashad, 1918) Goldstein, 1963; Poecilancistrium ilisha (Southwell & Prashad, 1918) Dollfus, 1942; Rhynchobothrius ilisha Southwell & Prashad, 1918; Tentacularia ilisha (Southwell & Prashad, 1918) Southwell, 1929; Paramecistobothrium magnabulbosa Bilqees & Khurshid, 1987
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1929. Sur les Tetrarhynques. Definition des genres. Bulletin de la Societe Zologique de France 54: 308-342.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and R.A. Campbell. 1996. New records and descriptions of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian fishes. Records of the South Australian Museum 29: 1-22.

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Scientific Name Notes Original description on pg. 572 of Diesing (1850).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
06/03/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/04/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
10/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/24/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scoliodon
Species lalandei
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhizoprionodon
Species lalandii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) "Prionodon leucas" (=Carcharhinus leucas), in stomach
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Additional hosts: Carcharhinus brachyurus, Pomatomus salatrix & Sillago robusta (reported in redescription by Beveridge & Campbell, 1996); Carcharhinus leucas & Negaprion brevirostris (reported in Goldstein, 1962); Glyphis gangeticus; Cynoscion nebulosus (?)

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: New South Whales, Port Jackson & Queensland (reported in redescription by Beveridge & Campbell, 1996); Gulf of California, India (?)

Specimens

Type Material NMW 2042 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.