WoRMS taxon details
Acanthobothrium tortum (Linton, 1916) Baer & Euzet, 1962
419252 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:419252)
accepted
Species
Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916) Linton, E. (1916). Notes on Two Cestodes from the Spotted Sting-Ray. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 3(1): 34-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3270745 [details] 
WoRMS (2026). Acanthobothrium tortum (Linton, 1916) Baer & Euzet, 1962. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419252 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916) Linton, E. (1916). Notes on Two Cestodes from the Spotted Sting-Ray. <em>The Journal of Parasitology.</em> 3(1): 34-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3270745 [details] 
basis of record Jensen, K. 2009. Cestoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 487–522 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
basis of record Jensen, K. 2009. Cestoda (Platyhelminthes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 487–522 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Baer, J. G., Euzet, L. (1962). Revision critique des Cestodes Tétraphyllides décrits par T. Southwell. <em>Société Neuchâteloise des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 85: 143-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.5169/SEALS-88925
page(s): 146 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 146 [details] Available for editors
Other
additional source
Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K.; Ivanov, V. A. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea II Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <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. 279-304. [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record) (from synonym Onchobothrium tortum Linton, 1916)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Platyhelminthes Collection (1 record)