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Tentacularia musculara Hart, 1936
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5215
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species musculara
Authority Hart, 1936
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Grillotia musculara (Hart, 1936) Dollfus, 1942
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Hart, J. F. 1936. Cestodes from fishes of Puget Sound - II. Tetrarhynchoidea. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 55: 369-387.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
05/29/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
06/07/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/03/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Raja
Species rhina
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Raja
Species rhina
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes see redescription in Beveridge & Campbell (2007) for additional hosts

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Puget Sound
Island(s)
City/Region Washington
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes see redescription in Beveridge & Campbell (2007) for additional localities

Specimens

Type Material Holotype, coll. J.F. Hart in MNHN (missing) (as per Beveridge & Campbell, 2007)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes see redescription in Beveridge & Campbell (2007) for material examined for redescription
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.