Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus pinnae Shipley & Hornell, 1904
Trypanorhyncha: not known
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4929
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family not known
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species pinnae
Authority Shipley & Hornell, 1904
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1904. The parasites of the pearl oyster. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part II 11: 77-106.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1998. Re-examination of the trypanorhynch cestode collections of A.E. Shipley, J. Hornell and T. Southwell, with the erection of a new genus, Trygonicola, and redescriptions of seven species. Systematic Parasitology 39: Jan-34.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/06/2015Modified
05/27/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/19/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Pinna sp.
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Type Host
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Additional Host(s) Balistes stellatus Ballistes mitis
Site in Host see note
Host Notes In the original description, no type host is given. Pinna sp. is assumed to be the type host because of the specific epithet. Localization was “tissues around the alimentary canal” for the fish, but no localisation was given for the specimen from Pinna sp.

Type Locality

Country Sri Lanka
Body of Water Indian Ocean
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Specimens

Type Material Not known
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.