Tapeworm Species Details

Pseudanthobothrium purtoni Randhawa, Saunders, Scott & Burt, 2008
Rhinebothriidea: Echeneibothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5698
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Echeneibothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pseudanthobothrium
Species purtoni
Authority Randhawa, Saunders, Scott & Burt, 2008
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Randhawa, H. S., G. W. Saunders, M. E. Scott, and M. D. B. Burt. 2008. Redescription of Pseudanthobothrium hanseni Baer, 1956 and description of P. purtoni n. sp. (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from different pairs of rajid skate hosts, with comments on the host-specificity of the genus in the northwest Atlantic. Systematic Parasitology 70: 41-60.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/28/2009 Created B. Barbeau
01/29/2015Modified
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
08/04/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/20/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Rajiformes
Host Family Rajidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Leucoraja
Species erinacea
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Leucoraja
Species erinacea
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Leucoraja ocellata
Site in Host Throughtout spiral valve, preference for anterior half
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Canada
Body of Water Bay of Fundy, West Isles
Island(s)
City/Region New Brunswick
Coordinates
DD Latitude 44.950
DD Longitude -67.017
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material CMNPA No. 2007-0001 (holotype); CMNPA Nos. 2007-0002 and -0003 (2 paratypes); NBM Nos. 001997-002000 (4 paratypes); UNBF Biol HSR Nos. 0004-0007 (3 paratypes); BMNH 2007.7.31.19-20 (3 paratypes).
Total Number of Type Specimens 40 mature individuals
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.