Tapeworm Species Details

Ahamulina catarina Marques, Jensen & Caira, 2012
Diphyllidea:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9654
Order Diphyllidea
Family
Subfamily
Genus Ahamulina
Species catarina
Authority Marques, Jensen & Caira, 2012
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By V. Ivanov, R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Marques, F. P. L., K. Jensen, and J. N. Caira. 2012. Ahamulina n. gen. (Cestoda: Diphyllidea) from the polkadot catshark, Scyliorhinus besnardi (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), off Brazil. Zootaxa 3352: 51-59.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/20/2012 Created B. Barbeau, V. Lopez
08/20/2014Modified
01/08/2016Modified
07/29/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Scyliorhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scyliorhinus
Species besnardi
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Scyliorhinus
Species haeckelii
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes S. besnardi syn. of S. haeckelii (see Soares et al., 2016)

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Santa Catarina
Coordinates
DD Latitude -26.915
DD Longitude -48.652
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Off the coast of Itajaν

Specimens

Type Material MZUSP No. 6487a (holotype; MZUSP Nos. 6487b-g (paratypes); USNPC Nos 105708-105712 (paratypes); LRP Nos. 7886-7889 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 9 complete and 6 incomplete whole-mounted specimens, cross-sections of 2 proglottids, longitudinal sections of 1 scolex, and 1 scolex prepared for SEM
Voucher Material Scolex prepared for SEM & its strobilar voucher retained in senior author's personal collection at USP
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.