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Tetrarhynchus minutus (van Beneden, 1850) van Beneden, 1850
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5255
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species minutus
Authority (van Beneden, 1850) van Beneden, 1850
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Grillotia (Christianella) minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Campbell & Beveridge, 1994
Synonyms Rhynchobothrius minutus van Beneden, 1850; Tentacularia minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Southwell, 1929; Armandia minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Guiart, 1927; Christianella minuta (van Beneden, 1850) Guiart, 1931
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1850. Les helminthes cestoïdes, considérés sous le rapport de leurs métamorphoses, de leur composition anatomique et de leur classification, et mention de quelques espèces nouvelles de nos poissons plagiostomes. Bulletins de l’Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et Beaux-Arts de Belgique 16(Part 2): 269-282.

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van Beneden, P.-J. 1850. Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique. Les vers cestoides, considérés sous le rapport physiologique, embryogénique et zooclassique. Mémoires de l‘Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 25: 1-199 (+plates).

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Originally described in citation #470 as Rhynchobotrius minuts, moved as Tetrarhynchus minutus in citation #472. van Beneden (1858) (citation # 4328) also uses the name "Tetrarhynchus minutus" on pg. 324 therein, but the usage by van Beneden in 1850 (citation #472) is the first usage of this combination.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
08/31/2011Modified
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
04/20/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/06/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Squatiniformes
Host Family Squatinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squatina
Species angelus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Squatina
Species squatina
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Southwell (1929) reports the followiwng hosts under the combination Tentacularia minuta: Carcharias sp.; Rhina halavi; Squatina angelicus; Urolophys testaceus

Type Locality

Country Belgium
Body of Water North Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Ostende
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes Southwell (1929) reports the followiwng localities under the combination Tentacularia minuta: Negapatam, India; Ceylon [Sri Lanka] Pearl Banks; Europe

Specimens

Type Material [none given]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.