Tapeworm Species Details

Oncomegas trimegacanthus Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9786
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Eutetrarhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Oncomegas
Species trimegacanthus
Authority Schaeffner & Beveridge, 2012
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By B. Schaeffner
Citation(s)

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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/26/2012 Created J. Cielocha
08/20/2014Modified
06/09/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pastinachus
Species atrus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Pastinachus
Species ater
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Indonesia
Body of Water Makassar Strait
Island(s) Borneo
City/Region Sei Kerbau, East Kalimantan
Coordinates 00°31'S, 117°09'E
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Holotype (MZB Ca 146). Paratypes in MZB (Ca147–155); USNPC (104510); LRP (7620–7634); SAM (AHC35090–35099); BMNH (2011.2.16.43–52).
Total Number of Type Specimens 82
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.