Tapeworm Species Details

Zygorhynchus borneensis Beveridge, 2008
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5776
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Zygorhynchus
Species borneensis
Authority Beveridge, 2008
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. 2008. Redescriptions of species of Tetrarhynchobothrium Diesing, 1850 and Didymorhynchus Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of Zygorhynchus borneensis n. sp.. Systematic Parasitology 69: 75–88.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/21/2009 Created M. Oros
02/18/2010Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
07/28/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
05/31/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Himantura
Species uarnacoides
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pateobatis
Species uarnacoides
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Maculabatis pastinacoides (as Himantura pastinacoides)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Malaysia
Body of Water Off Sandakan
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Sabah
Coordinates 5°33'N, 118°07'E
DD Latitude 5.816
DD Longitude - 118.116
Additional Localities off Beluran, Sabah, Malaysia (5°54'N, 117°33'E); off Kampung Tetatuban, Malaysia (6°01'N, 117°41'E)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype: collector J. Caira, June 2002, MZUM P545; paratype: 1 specimen, same data, MZUM P546
Total Number of Type Specimens Based on 5 whole mounted specimens
Voucher Material 1 specimen, off Beluran, Sabah, Malaysia, IPMB 77.08.23; 1 specimen, USNPC 99244; from H. pastinacoides: 1 specimen, off Kampung Tetatuban, Malaysia), collector J. Caira, 28.iv.2003, whole-mount and serial sections, USNPC 99243.
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.