Tapeworm Species Details

Tetrarhynchus crenacollis (Linton, 1890) Vaullegeard, 1899
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 6201
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Tetrarhynchus
Species crenacollis
Authority (Linton, 1890) Vaullegeard, 1899
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Otobothrium crenacolle Linton, 1890
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By , I. Beveridge
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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Vaullegeard, A. 1899. Recherches sur les Tétrarhynques. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie XIX(3): 187-376.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Palm (2004) treated this species as a synonym of O. cysticum (Mayer, 1842). See Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for a review of the taxonomic history of this species.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/03/2010 Created B. Barbeau
05/06/2015Modified
05/20/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/17/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
12/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Sphyrnidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sphyrna
Species zygaena
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Sphyrna
Species zygaena
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes See Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for list of additional hosts.

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 See Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for list of additional localities.

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 7695 according to redescription by Beveridge & Justine (2007); none extant in USNPC- neotypes in MHMG Inv 37282
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes See Beveridge & Justine (2007) and Campbell & Beveridge (2013) for list of additional localities.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.