Tapeworm Species Details

Prochristianella tenuispinis (Linton, 1890) Dollfus, 1946
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5921
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Prochristianella
Species tenuispinis
Authority (Linton, 1890) Dollfus, 1946
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dollfusiella tenuispinis (Linton, 1890) Beveridge, Neifar & Euzet, 204
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium tenuispine Linton, 1890
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Dollfus, R.-P. 1946. Notes diverses sur les Tetrarhynques. Memoires du Museum national d’Histoire naturelle 22: 179-220.

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Redescription

Dollfus, R.-P. 1946. Notes diverses sur les Tetrarhynques. Memoires du Museum national d’Histoire naturelle 22: 179-220.

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Scientific Name Notes Original description variously cited as Linton (1891), but the appropriate authority is Linton (1890). Original description on page 837 of Linton (1890). New combination & redescription on page 192 of Dollfus (1946).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/21/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/14/2012Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/05/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
12/04/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
07/27/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Trygon
Species centrura
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Dasyatis
Species centroura
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Additional localities: Ocean Springs, Mississippi [?]

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7711 (syntypes) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes USNPC 8994 (from Ginglymostoma cirratum) (Beveridge et al. 2004)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.