WoRMS taxon details
Aberrapex arrhynchum (Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981) Jensen, 2001
516437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516437)
accepted
Species
Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981) Brooks, D. R.; Mayes, M. A.; Thorson, T. B. (1981). Cestode parasites in <i>Myliobatis goodei</i> Garman (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, with a summary of cestodes collected from South American elasmobranchs during 1975-1979. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1239-1252. [details]
Type locality contained in Rio de la Plata
type locality contained in Rio de la Plata [details]
WoRMS (2026). Aberrapex arrhynchum (Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981) Jensen, 2001. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516437 on 2026-09-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981) Brooks, D. R.; Mayes, M. A.; Thorson, T. B. (1981). Cestode parasites in <i>Myliobatis goodei</i> Garman (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) from Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, with a summary of cestodes collected from South American elasmobranchs during 1975-1979. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1239-1252. [details]
new combination reference Jensen, K. (2001). Four New Genera and Five New Species of Lecanicephalideans (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) From Elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 87(4): 845-861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0845:fngafn]2.0.co;2 [details]
new combination reference Jensen, K. (2001). Four New Genera and Five New Species of Lecanicephalideans (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) From Elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, Mexico. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 87(4): 845-861., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0845:fngafn]2.0.co;2 [details]
Other
additional source
Franzese, S.; Facal, G. G.; Menoret, A. (2023). Tapeworms (Platyhelminthes, Cestoda) from marine chondrichthyans of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, and the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic islands: a checklist. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1163: 79-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1163.100485 [details]
additional source Jensen, K., Cielocha, J. J., Herzog, K. S., Caira, J. N. (2017). Lecanicephalidea Hyman, 1951. <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. 207-229. [details]
additional source Jensen, K., Cielocha, J. J., Herzog, K. S., Caira, J. N. (2017). Lecanicephalidea Hyman, 1951. <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. 207-229. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 1371260) (from synonym Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (Holotype USNM 1371260) (from synonym Discobothrium arrhynchum Brooks, Mayes & Thorson, 1981)
