Tapeworm Species Details

Kotorella pronosoma (Stossich, 1900) Euzet & Radujkovic, 1989
Trypanorhyncha: Kotorellidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4873
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Kotorellidae
Subfamily
Genus Kotorella
Species pronosoma
Authority (Stossich, 1900) Euzet & Radujkovic, 1989
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium pronosomum Stossich, 1900; Nybelinia pronosoma (Stossich, 1900) Dollfus, 1930; Otobothrium pronosomum (Stossich, 1900) Dollfus, 1942
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Stossich, M. 1900. Osservazioni helmintologiche. Bolletino della Soc. adriatica di scienze naturali in Trieste 20: 89-103.

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Euzet, L. and B. M. Radujkovic. 1989. Kotorella pronosoma (Stossich, 1901) n. gen., n. comb., type des Kotorellidae, nouvelle famille de Trypanorhyncha (Cestoda), parasite intestinal de Dasyatis pastinaca (L., 1758). Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparee 64: 420-425.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Redescribed in Euzet & Radujkovic (1989), Palm & Walter (1990), Palm & Beveridge (2002), and Palm (2004).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
06/10/2014Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/13/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes See Palm (2004) and Morsy et al. (2013) for additional hosts

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Adriatic Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Trieste
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes see Palm (2004) for additional localities

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes "2 adult worms, 2 strobili without scolices" examined by Euzet & Radujkovic (1989) for redescription & n. comb., deposited as MNHN 2 HF.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.