Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5214
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species minuta
Authority (van Beneden, 1850) Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhincobotrius minutus van Beneden, 1850; Tetrarhynchus minutus (van Beneden, 1850) van Beneden, 1850
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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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Southwell, T. 1929. A monograph on cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha from Ceylon and India. Part I. Ceylon Journal of Science. Section B. Zoology and Geology 15: 169-312.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Southwell provides the original authority for this species as van Beneden 1858, but the first use of the name Tetrarhynchus minutus was by van Beneden in 1850 (see entry for Tetrarhynchus minutus).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
01/13/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
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
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
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
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
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]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.