Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegas celatus (Beveridge & Campbell, 2005) Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9780
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegas
Species celatus
Authority (Beveridge & Campbell, 2005) Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Oncomegoides celatus Beveridge & Campbell, 2005
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Beveridge, I. and R. A. Campbell. 2005. Three new genera of trypanorhynch cestodes from Australian elasmobranch fishes. Systematic Parasitology 60: 211-224.

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Schaeffner, B. C. and I. Beveridge. 2012. Description of a new trypanorhynch species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the suppression of Oncomegoides and the erection of a new genus Hispidorhynchus. Journal of Parasitology 98(2): 408-414.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes See Schaeffner & Beveridge (2012) for SEM plate.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/26/2012 Created J. Cielocha
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species microps
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Megatrygon
Species microps
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Himantura jenkinsii (=Himantura jenkinsi)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Australia
Body of Water Arafura Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Northern Territory
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material SAM 28644 (holotype); SAM 28645, BMNH 2004.7.12.6, USNPC 94896, LRP 3715-6 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype, 38 partypes
Voucher Material SAM 28648 (specimens from spiral valve of Himantura jenkinsii, Arafura Sea, off Northern Territory, Australia)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.