Tapeworm Species Details

Scalithrium trygonis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Rhinebothriidea: Rhinebothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5753
Order Rhinebothriidea
Family Rhinebothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Scalithrium
Species trygonis
Authority (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) Ball, Neifar & Euzet, 2003
Taxonomic Status Species inquirendum
Valid Name
Synonyms Echeneibothrium trygonis Shipley and Hornell 1906; Rhinebothrium trygonis (Shipley and Hornell, 1906) Williams 1958
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Shipley, A. E. and J. Hornell. 1906. Report on the cestode and nematode parasites from the marine fishes of Ceylon. Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar (Herdman), Part 5 5: 43-96.

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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
Scientific Name Notes see Volin et al., 2024 for taxonomic status details

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/22/2009 Created B. Barbeau
01/29/2015Modified
10/21/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/15/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
09/24/2023ModifiedJ. Caira
08/05/2024ModifiedV. Bueno

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species walga
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brevitrygon
Species walga?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.