Tapeworm Species Details

Rhynchobothrium exile Linton, 1908
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5155
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobothrium
Species exile
Authority Linton, 1908
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Grillotiella exilis (Linton, 1908) Palm, 2004
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 Variously cited as Linton (1908) or (1909), but Linton (1908) is the correct authority.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created B. Barbeau, K. Catanese
08/24/2010Modified
05/25/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/07/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

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)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Plerocerci: Scomberomorus commerson (Palm, 2004)

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Dry Tortugas
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Australia (Palm 2004)

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 9002 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes USNHC 76386-7 (holotype and paratypes of Grillotia branchi), BMNH 1981.3.8.1-3 and QM G GL4-6 (paratypes of Grillotia branchi) also used by Palm (2004) for redescription
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.