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Rhynchobothrium curtum Linton, 1908
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5154
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobothrium
Species curtum
Authority Linton, 1908
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Otobothrium curtum (Linton, 1909) Dollfus 1929
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1908. IX. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Publication No. 102, Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1: 157-190.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes The date of publication is variously cited as 1908 and 1909, but the appropriate citation is Linton (1908). Original description on pg. 179 of Linton (1908).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, K. Catanese
08/24/2010Modified
06/04/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/19/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Galeocerdo
Species tigrinus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Galeocerdo
Species cuvier
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Larvae: Mycteroperca bonaci (viscera); Epinephelus striatus (cyst on the viscera)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s) Dry Tortugas
City/Region Florida
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Australia, New Caledonia (Beveridge & Justine, 2000)

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 9000 (per Beveridge & Justine, 2000)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Material examined by Bsveridge & Justine (2000) for redescription: "From Galeocerdo cuvier: types; 31 specimens, Baie de Prony, New Caledonia, from two sharks (MNHN JNC 1207Hl-H26, 1414Al-A20); 10 specimens, Mackay, Qld, Australia (SAM 29088)."
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.