Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus carcharias Welch, 1876
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5964
Order Trypanorhyncha
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Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species carcharias
Authority Welch, 1876
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Hepatoxylon trichiuri (Holten, 1802)
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Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By , I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Welch, F. H. 1876. The Anatomy of Two Parasitic Forms of the Family Tetrarhynchidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 329-337.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes This is not the same species as Abothros carcharias described in the same paper

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/24/2010 Created B. Barbeau
05/08/2015Modified
06/21/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/21/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen

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Genus Carcharhinus sp.
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Locality Notes No data provided in paper

Specimens

Type Material None known
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.