Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchobothrium striatum (Wagener, 1854) Dollfus, 1929
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5236
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchobothrium
Species striatum
Authority (Wagener, 1854) Dollfus, 1929
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrarhynchus striatus Wagener, 1854
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Wagener, G. R. 1854. Die Entwicklung der Cestoden nach eigenen Untersuchungen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 24 (Suppl.): I–X; 1–91.

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Redescription

Beveridge, I. 2008. Redescriptions of species of Tetrarhynchobothrium Diesing, 1850 and Didymorhynchus Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of Zygorhynchus borneensis n. sp.. Systematic Parasitology 69: 75–88.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
02/18/2010Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/22/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/28/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
08/22/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/23/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/24/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Beveridge (2008) lists Dasyatis pastinaca as an additional host for this species.

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Naples
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material not extant (Beveridge, 2008)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material NMW 2032, MHNG 37256
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.