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Tetrarhynchus megacephalus Rudolphi, 1819
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5253
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species megacephalus
Authority Rudolphi, 1819
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Hepatoxylon megacephalum (Rudolphi, 1819) Dollfus, 1942
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
07/06/2010Modified
06/01/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
06/22/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/07/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Scyliorhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squalus
Species stellaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scylliorhinus
Species stellaris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host dorsal wall of abdomen
Host Notes Numerous additional hosts. See Dollfus (1942), Palm (2004)

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Naples
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes See Dollfus (1942), Palm (2004). Cosmopolitan.

Specimens

Type Material Berlin Museum 1696
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Indication of type specimen in Pintner (1930), p. 470, cited in Dollfus (1942, p. 114)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.