Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium cairae Vardo-Zalik & Campbell, 2011
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9762
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species cairae
Authority Vardo-Zalik & Campbell, 2011
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Vardo-Zalik, A. M. and Campbell, R. A. 2011. Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in elasmobranchs from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with first records from smooth-hound sharks and guitarfish. Zootaxa 2838: 41-64.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/24/2012 Created N. Odell
11/15/2013Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
01/13/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

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

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Narragansett Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island
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Specimens

Type Material (USNPC 103801); paratypes (USNPC 103802–103814)
Total Number of Type Specimens Based upon measurements of 8 whole mounted specimens, SEM of 2 specimens and serial sections of 8 specimens.
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.