Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthobothrium cleofanus Monks, Brooks & Ponce de Leon, 1996
Onchoproteocephalidea II:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9944
Order Onchoproteocephalidea II
Family
Subfamily
Genus Acanthobothrium
Species cleofanus
Authority Monks, Brooks & Ponce de Leon, 1996
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Monks, S., D. R. Brooks and G. P. Ponce de León. 1996. A new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Eucestoda: Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) in Dasyatis longus Garman (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatididae) from Chamela Bay, Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 82(3): 484-488.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/05/2012 Created
04/01/2015Modified
06/07/2015ModifiedT. Ruhnke
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
12/04/2015ModifiedB. Barbeau
01/22/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
09/01/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
08/08/2017ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class Elasmobranchii
Host Order Myliobatiformes
Host Family Dasyatididae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Dasyatis
Species longus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hypanus
Species longus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country México
Body of Water Chamela Bay
Island(s)
City/Region Jalisco
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype: CHIBUNAM no. 2670 Paratypes: CHIBUNAM no. 2671 (25 specimens); MNHG INV 38576 (5 specimens); MNHG INV 38576 (5 specimens); UNSMHWML 38576 (5 specimens).
Total Number of Type Specimens 41
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.