Tapeworm Species Details

Rhynchobothrium tenuispine Linton, 1890
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5165
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobothrium
Species tenuispine
Authority Linton, 1890
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Even though the linked PDF of the original description says Linton (1891), the appropriate authority is Linton (1890)- the date format for that PDF entry is incorrect. Original description on page 837 of Linton (1890).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
10/23/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Ocean Springs, Mississippi [?]

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7711 (syntypes) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes USNPC 8994 (from Ginglymostoma cirratum) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.