Tapeworm Species Details

Eutetrarhynchus spinifer Dollfus, 1969
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5025
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Eutetrarhynchus
Species spinifer
Authority Dollfus, 1969
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dollfusiella spinifer (Dollfus, 1969) Beveridge & Jones, 2000
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Citation(s)

Dollfus, R.-P. 1969. De quelques cestodes Tétrarhynques (hétéracanthes et pécilacanthes) récoltés chezdes poissons de la Méditerranée. Vie et Milieu 20: 491-542.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Original description on page 503 of Dollfus (1969).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, K. Catanese
08/10/2010Modified
05/29/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country France
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Sete, France
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes Type locality not formally designated by Dollfus (1969), but syntypes were collected from Sete, France.

Specimens

Type Material MNHN Bd 16, slides 1–5 (syntypes) (Beveridge et al., 2004)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.