Tapeworm Species Details

Ruhnkecestus latipi Caira & Durkin, 2006
Phyllobothriidea: Phyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5659
Order Phyllobothriidea
Family Phyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Ruhnkecestus
Species latipi
Authority Caira & Durkin, 2006
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Scyphophyllidium latipi (Caira & Durkin, 2006) Caira, Jensen & Ruhnke, 2020
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Caira, J. N. and S. Durkin. 2006. A new genus and species of Tetraphyllidean cestode from the spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus, in Malaysian Borneo. Comparative Parasitology 73(1): 42-48.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/24/2009 Created B. Barbeau
02/17/2010Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
06/07/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
08/07/2017ModifiedV. Bueno
09/28/2020ModifiedJ. Caira
12/06/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/15/2022ModifiedJ. Caira
09/15/2025ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scoliodon
Species laticaudus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scoliodon
Species macrorhynchos
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Malaysia (Borneo)
Body of Water
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Mukah, Sarawak
Coordinates
DD Latitude 2.900
DD Longitude 112.100
Additional Localities None
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MZUM(P) No. 137h (holotype); USNPC No. 96410 (1 paratype); SBC No. C-C-00005 (1 paratype); LRP No. 3748 (SEM specimen and its strobiliar voucher)
Total Number of Type Specimens 3 mature worms and 1 immature worm; scolex of one of these worms prepared for SEM
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.