Tapeworm Species Details

Myrmillorhynchus pearsoni (Southwell, 1929) Bilqees, 1980
Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5079
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Gymnorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Myrmillorhynchus
Species pearsoni
Authority (Southwell, 1929) Bilqees, 1980
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pterobothrium pearsoni (Southwell, 1929) Beveridge and Campbell, 1989
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus pearsoni Southwell, 1929
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Bilqees, F. M. 1980. A new cestode genus, Myrmillorhynchus (Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae) from the fish Myrmillo manazo (Blk.). Pakistan Journal of Zoology 12: 211-215.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, K. Catanese
05/07/2015Modified
08/21/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Scombridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cybium
Species guttatum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scomberomorus
Species guttatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host mesentery
Host Notes See redescriptions by Bilqees (1980) and Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Puri Orissa, India
Locality Notes Southwell (1929) does not formally designate a type locality between the two listed here. See redescriptions by Bilqees (1980) and Campbell & Beveridge (1996) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.4.83-84 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Biqees (1980) also deposited a holotype for her new combination Myrmillorhynchus pearsoni: SPUK 2015C
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.