Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 4771 |
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| Order | Trypanorhyncha |
| Family | Lacistorhynchidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Diesingium |
| Species | lomentaceum |
| Authority | (Diesing, 1850) Pintner, 1929 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Rhynchobothrium lomentaceum Diesing, 1850 Diesingella lomentacea (Diesing, 1850) Guiart, 1931 |
| 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. (18)Pintner, T. 1929. Studien über Tetrarhynchen nebst Beobachtungen an anderen Bandwümern (IV. Mitteilung). Über einige Diesing’sche Originale und verwandte Formen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Abteilung I 138(3–4): 145–166. (4403) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1994. Redescription of Diesingium lomentaceum (Diesing, 1850) (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). Systematic Parasitology 27: 149-157. (4324) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes | Original description on page 571 of Diesing (1850) (page 53 in PDF). Additional line drawings available in Beveridge & Campbell (1994). |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 11/30/-0001 | Created | I. Beveridge |
| 07/23/2010 | Modified | |
| 05/27/2015 | Modified | I. Beveridge |
| 06/01/2017 | Modified | K. Herzog |
| 07/27/2017 | Modified | K. Jensen |
Type Host
| Host Class | Elasmobranchii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Carcharhiniformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Triakidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | spiral intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | Italy |
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| Body of Water | Mediterranean Sea |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Palermo |
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| Locality Notes | Additional localities: Senegal (as reported by Beveridge & Campbell [1994]) |
Specimens
| Type Material | NMW 643 (types) (as reported by Beveridge & Campbell [1994]) |
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| Specimen Notes | Material examined by Beveridge & Campbell (1994): "From Mustelus mustelus: types (M. vulgaris on label); 12 specimens, Goree, Senegal, 10.i.1951 (vial 72), 8.v.1951 (vial 66), 24.v.1951 (vial 59), coll. Mme Rouget, in MNHN 188HF, 189HF, 191HF, 192HF, (M. canis on labels); 3 specimens, Rufisque, Senegal, 28.i.1941, in MNHN 190HF ("Galeorhinus laevis" on labels)". |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Figs 1-5. Diesingium lomentaceum (Diesing), tentacular armature: 1, basal region, internal surface; 2, basal region, external surface; 3, basal region, bothridial surface; 4, hook configuration in a single row plus central chainette (hooks 9,9'); 5, profie of hooks 1-6, 7 and 8 constituting outer chainettes (c) and 9, constituting central chainette (c). Scale-bars: 1-3, 0.10 mm; 4,5 to same scale, -0.01 m. 
Figs 6-12. Diesingium lomentaceum (Diesing): 6, scolex; 7, bothridium; 8, anterior end of bulb showing insertion of retractor muscle; 9, female genital complex dorsal view; 10, hermaphroditic sac of mature segment with muscular development surrounding genital atrium; 11, everted cirrus and vagina, with muscular ring now surrounding the everted sac; 12, hermaphroditic sac in premature proglottis; hermaphroditic duct patent, but genital atrium not fully formed; note that ring-like structures around atrium are absent. Scale-bars: 0.1 mm. Abbreviations: C, cirrus; ESV, external seminal vesicle; FD, fertilisation duct; HD, hermaphroditic duct;' HS, hermaphroditic sac; ISV, internal seminal vesicle; M, muscle; MG, Mehlis; gland; 0, ovary; OC, oi:icapt; SD, sperm duct; SR, seminal receptacle; U, uterus; UD, uterine duct; V, vagina; VD, vitelline duct. 
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