Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia lineata (Linton, 1908) Schuler, 1938
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5211
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species lineata
Authority (Linton, 1908) Schuler, 1938
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dollfusiella lineata (Linton, 1908) Beveridge, Neifar & Euzet, 2004
Synonyms
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1908. IX. Helminth fauna of the Dry Tortugas. I. Cestodes. Publication No. 102, Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 1: 157-190.

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Shuler, R. H. 1938. Some cestodes of fish from Tortugas, Florida. Journal of Parasitology 24(1): 57-63.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Original name is variously cited as Rhynchobothrium lineatum Linton, 1908 or Linton, 1909, but the correct authority is Linton, 1908; original description on page 178 of Linton (1908). Redescribed by Dollfus (1942).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
06/02/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Orectolobiformes
Host Family Ginglymostomatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ginglimostoma
Species cirratum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ginglymostoma
Species cirratum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s) Dry Tortugas
City/Region Florida
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 8998 (type) [?]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.