Tapeworm Species Details

Proemotobothrium southwelli Beveridge & Campbell, 2001
Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4749
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Otobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Proemotobothrium
Species southwelli
Authority Beveridge & Campbell, 2001
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Otobothrium linstowi Southwell, 1912, in part (see note)
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2001. Proemotobothrium n.g. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) , with the redescription of P. linstowi (Southwell, 1912) n. comb. and the description of P. southwelli n. sp.. Systematic Parasitology 48: 223-233.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes See discussion in Beveridge & Campbell (2001) and Schaeffner & Beveridge (2013) (citation ID #6074)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
03/16/2010Modified
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
07/28/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
10/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species limbatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species limbatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Plerocerci: Istiophorus platypterus; Jonhieops vogleri
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Fog Bay, Northern Territory
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Whitsunday Island & Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM 28272 (holotype), SAM 28273, BMNH 2000.2.22.6 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 5 paratypes
Voucher Material QM G217938 (1 specimen from I. platypterus); QM G217939 (1 specimen from J. vogleri)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.