Tapeworm Species Details

Rhynchobothrium lomentaceum Diesing, 1850
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5160
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobothrium
Species lomentaceum
Authority Diesing, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Diesingium lomentaceum (Diesing, 1850) Pintner, 1929
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Original description on page 571 of Diesing (1850) (page 53 in PDF).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
07/23/2010Modified
05/27/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/22/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/01/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Triakidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Mustelus
Species vulgaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mustelus
Species mustelus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestino recto
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Palermo
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Senegal (as reported by Beveridge & Campbell [1994])

Specimens

Type Material NMW 643 (types) (as reported by Beveridge & Campbell [1994])
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Material examined by Beveridge & Campbell (1994): "From Mustelus mustelus: types (M. vulgaris on label); 12 specimens, Goree, Senegal, 10.i.1951 (vial 72), 8.v.1951 (vial 66), 24.v.1951 (vial 59), coll. Mme Rouget, in MNHN 188HF, 189HF, 191HF, 192HF, (M. canis on labels); 3 specimens, Rufisque, Senegal, 28.i.1941, in MNHN 190HF ("Galeorhinus laevis" on labels)".
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.