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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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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