Tapeworm Species Details

Tentacularia pillersi Southwell, 1929
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5218
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tentacularia
Species pillersi
Authority Southwell, 1929
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pseudogilquinia pillersi (Southwell, 1929) Palm, 2004
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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
05/06/2015Modified
05/24/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
04/29/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Labridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cossyphus
Species axillaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bodianus
Species axillaris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host musculature
Host Notes "from cysts in muscles round vertebral column and especially in haemal arch" (Soutwell, 1929). See Palm (2004) and Beveridge & Campbell (1998) for additional hosts.

Type Locality

Country India
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Adrianpatnam
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities off Delft, India (from trawl)
Locality Notes Type locality not designated by Southwell (1929).

Specimens

Type Material BMNH 1977.11.11.19-26 (syntypes) (from Palm, 2004)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.