Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus striatus Wagener, 1854
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6010
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species striatus
Authority Wagener, 1854
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Tetrarhynchobothrium striatum (Wagener, 1954) Dollfus, 1929
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Wagener, G. R. 1854. Die Entwicklung der Cestoden nach eigenen Untersuchungen. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher 24 (Suppl.): I–X; 1–91.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
05/24/2010 Created B. Barbeau
04/30/2015Modified
06/08/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/22/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/23/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
08/24/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Myliobatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Myliobatis
Species aquila
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes Beveridge (2008) lists Dasyatis pastinaca as an additional host for this species.

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Naples
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material not extant (Beveridge, 2008)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material NMW 2032, MHNG 37256
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.