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Rhynchobotrius minutus van Beneden, 1850
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Species ID 5174
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobotrius
Species minutus
Authority van Beneden, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Grillotia (Christianella) minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Campbell & Beveridge, 1994
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus minutus (van Beneden, 1850) van Beneden, 1850 Tentacularia minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Southwell, 1929; Armandia minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Guiart, 1927; Christianella minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Guiart, 1931;
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van Beneden, P.-J. 1850. Les helminthes cestoïdes, considérés sous le rapport de leurs métamorphoses, de leur composition anatomique et de leur classification, et mention de quelques espèces nouvelles de nos poissons plagiostomes. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique 16(Part 2): 269-282.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/24/2010Modified
05/19/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/06/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squatiniformes
Host Family Squatinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squatina
Species angelus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Squatina
Species squatina
Subspecies
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Site in Host
Host Notes Southwell (1929) reports the followiwng hosts under the combination Tentacularia minuta: Carcharias sp.; Rhina halavi; Squatina angelicus; Urolophys testaceus

Type Locality

Country Belgium
Body of Water North Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Ostende
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes Southwell (1929) reports the followiwng localities under the combination Tentacularia minuta: Negapatam, India; Ceylon [Sri Lanka] Pearl Banks; Europe

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.