Anthocephalum philruschi Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Ruhnke, Tim, Janine Caira & Allison Cox. 2015. The Cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa 3904: 51-81.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Platyhelminthes: class
Cestoda: order
Rhinebothriidea: family
Anthocephaliidae: genus
Anthocephalum: species
Anthocephalum philruschi

etymology

Etymology. The species honors Philip Rusch for his dedicated interest in zoological endeavors of all kinds.

materials_examined

Type host. Himantura uarnak 2. Type locality. Gulf of Carpentaria, Indian Ocean, (12 ° 35 ' 11 " S, 141 ° 42 ' 34 " E), Weipa, Queensland, Australia (CM 03 – 13, CM 03 – 24, CM 03 – 25). Site of infection. Spiral intestine. Type material. Holotype (QM G 234610); 2 paratypes (QM G 234611, G 234612); 2 paratypes (USNM 1251827, 1251828), 3 paratypes (LRP 8555 – 8557); hologenophore (LRP 8518).

Name

Homonyms: Anthocephalum philruschi Ruhnke, Caira & Cox, 2015

Bibliographic References

Caira, Janine N., and Kirsten Jensen, eds., 2017: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Special Publication, no. 25. 1-463.
Ruhnke, T. R.; Caira, J.N. & Cox, A. (2015) The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum: Zootaxa. 3904(1): 51-81
Ruhnke, T. R.; Caira, J.N. & Cox, A. (2015). The cestode order Rhinebothriidea no longer family-less: A molecular phylogenetic investigation with erection of two new families and description of eight new species of Anthocephalum. Zootaxa. 3904(1): 51-81.
Ruhnke, T.R., Reyda, F.B., Marques, F.P.L. (2017). Rhinebothriidea Healy, Caira, Jensen, Webster & Littlewood, 2009. In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 327-348.