Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus macrobothrius Rudolphi, 1819
Trypanorhyncha: Tentaculariidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4927
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Tentaculariidae
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species macrobothrius
Authority Rudolphi, 1819
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Tentacularia coryphaenae Bosc, 1802
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes [is orig description on page 453?]

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
07/06/2010Modified
06/22/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
09/19/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

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Additional Host(s) Salmo salar Katsuwonus pelamys (Scomber pelamis) Chelonia mydas (=Testudo myda) no type host designated
Site in Host muscles and on wall of stomach
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Germany (for Salmo salar)
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Specimens

Type Material not known
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.