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
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 <em>Anthocephalum</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3904(1): 51-81.
- Ruhnke, T.R., Reyda, F.B., Marques, F.P.L. (2017). Rhinebothriidea Healy, Caira, Jensen, Webster & Littlewood, 2009. <em>In Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth.</em> J. N. Caira & K. Jensen (eds). University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Special Publication No. 25, KS, USA, pp. 327-348.