Tapeworm Species Details

Scalithrium Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5751
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
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Genus Scalithrium
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Authority Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Genus Record Yes
Type Species Scalithrium minimum (Van Beneden, 1850) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
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Ball, D., L. Neifar, and L. Euzet. 2003. Proposition de Scalithrium n. gen. (Cestoda, Tetraphyllidea) avec comme espèce-type Scalithrium minimum (Van Beneden, 1850) n. comb. parasite de Dasyatis pastinaca (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae). Parasite 10: 31-37.

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Redescription

Franzese, S. and V. A. Ivanov. 2021. Two new species of Scalithrium (Cestoda: Rhinebothriidea) from rajiform batoids of the Argentine Sea. Zootaxa 5005(1): 62-76.

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Scientific Name Notes Determined to be a genus of the Rhinebothriidea by Healy et al (2009) and Ruhnke (2011).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/22/2009 Created B. Barbeau
01/29/2015Modified
06/13/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/15/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/20/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
07/27/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Additional Host(s) Myliobatiformes, Rajiformes, Rhinopristiformes
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