Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus ruficollis Eysenhardt, 1829
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4974
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species ruficollis
Authority Eysenhardt, 1829
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Eutetrarhynchus ruficollis (Eysenhardt, 1829) Pintner, 1913
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Citation(s)

Eysenhardt, K. W. 1829. Einiges uber Eingewidewurmer. Verhandlung der Gesellschaft naturforschung Freunde zu Berlin 1: 144-152.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese, N. Arisco
07/25/2014Modified
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Triakidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squalus
Species mustelus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mustelus
Species mustelus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Dollfus (1942, p. 206, footnote 4) suggests several species of Squalus as possible hosts, all of which are now synonyms of M. mustelus according to Compagno (1984). The prlerocercus is known from various crabs of the genera Pagrus, Macropodia, Inachus, Hyas and Carcinas (see Dollfus, 1942)

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Concarneau
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: France, Belgium, England, Italy [?]

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material NHW 1957-8, 3527, 2078 (serial sections) [?]
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.