Tapeworm Species Details

Pseudogilquinia microbothria (MacCallum, 1917) Palm, 2004
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4783
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Pseudogilquinia
Species microbothria
Authority (MacCallum, 1917) Palm, 2004
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium microbothrium MacCallum, 1917; Tetrarhynchus brevibothria MacCallum, 1921; Tetrarhynchus imparispine MacCallum, 1921; Pseudogilquinia magna Bilqees & Khurshid, 1985; Dasyrhynchus magnus (Bilqees & Khurshid, 1985) Beveridge & Campbell, 1993
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1917. Some new forms of parasitic worms. Zoopathologica 1: 43-75.

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Palm, H. W. 2004. The Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863. PKSPL-IPB Press, Bogor, 710 pp.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1993. A revision of Dasyrhynchus Pintner (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), parasitic in elasmobranch and teleost fishes. Systematic Parasitology 24: 129-157.

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Scientific Name Notes Not formally designated as a new combination in Palm (2004). Redescribed by Campbell & Beveridge (1993) under the junior synonym Dasyrhynchus magnus (Bilqees & Kurshid, 1985) Campbell & Beveridge, 1993.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/25/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/31/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/28/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Lutjanidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Neomaenis
Species aya
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Lutjanus
Species aya
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Neomaenis analis
Site in Host thyroid gland
Host Notes Type host not designated by MacCallum- given as "Hosts- Neomaenis analis and Neomaenis aya, t.h.". See Palm (2004) for list of additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region New York Aquarium
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Original locality listed as "New York Aquarium, (Key West)". See Palm (2004) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 35951-2, 35956 (types)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.