Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1802
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4926
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species coryphaenae
Authority Bosc, 1802
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus macrobothrius Rudolphi, 1819; Tetrarhynchus bicolor Wagener, 1854; Tetrarhynchobothrium rugosum Diesing, 1854
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Bosc, L. A. G. 1802. Histoire naturelle des vers, contenant leur description et leurs moeurs; avec figures dessinée d’aprés nature. Deterville, Paris, France, 324 pp.

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Redescription

Carvajal, J., R. A. Campbell, and E. M. Cornford. 1976. Some trypanorhynch cestodes from Hawaiian fishes, with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Parasitology 62(1): 70-77.

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Scientific Name Notes See generic diagnosis of Bosc (1797) for a figure; the figures referred to in Bosc (1802) could not be found.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
06/19/2014Modified
05/19/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Coryphaenidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus dorade
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Coryphaena
Species hippurus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) See Dollfus (1942) and Palm (2004)
Site in Host
Host Notes In the publication erecting the genus in 1797, Bosc gives the host as "coryphaena hippuris" (pg. 9).

Type Locality

Country
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities See Dollfus (1942) and Palm (2004)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material not known
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.