Tapeworm Species Details

Rhynchobothrium pronosomum Stossich, 1900
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5161
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobothrium
Species pronosomum
Authority Stossich, 1900
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kotorella pronosoma (Stossich, 1900) Euzet & Radujkovic, 1989
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Stossich, M. 1900. Osservazioni helmintologiche. Bolletino della Soc. adriatica di scienze naturali in Trieste 20: 89-103.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
02/17/2010Modified
05/30/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/08/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/13/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species pastinaca
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes See Palm (2004) and Morsy et al. (2013) for additional hosts

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Adriatic Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Trieste
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes see Palm (2004) for additional localities

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes "2 adult worms, 2 strobili without scolices" examined by Euzet & Radujkovic (1989) for redescription & n. comb., deposited as MNHN 2 HF.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.