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Rhynchobotrius tetrabothrium van Beneden, 1850
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5175
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Rhynchobotrius
Species tetrabothrium
Authority van Beneden, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Gilquinia squali (Fabricius, 1794) Dollfus, 1930
Synonyms Gilquinia tetrabothria (van Beneden, 1850) Guiart, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

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
05/29/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/06/2017ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Squalidae
Type Host
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Genus Mustelus
Species vulgaris
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Mustelus
Species mustelus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Spinax acanthias
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Host Notes Type host not designated. Guiart (1927) describes the host as "Acanthias vulgaris" (= Mustelus mustelus as valid name)

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.