Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia obesa Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5216
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species obesa
Authority Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

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

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 1998. Re-examination of the trypanorhynch cestode collections of A.E. Shipley, J. Hornell and T. Southwell, with the erection of a new genus, Trygonicola, and redescriptions of seven species. Systematic Parasitology 39: Jan-34.

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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
05/27/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
04/29/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasybatus
Species sephen
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral valve
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water Indian Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Pearl Banks, Ceylon
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.11.32
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.