Echinobothrium typus Van Beneden, 1849
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Echinobothrium typus Van Beneden, 1849
- Name authority
- Van Beneden, 1849
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Platyhelminthes
- Class
- Cestoda
- Order
- Diphyllidea
- Family
- Echinobothriidae
- Genus
- Echinobothrium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPlatyhelminthes Minot, 1876
- subphylumRhabditophora Ehlers, 1985
- classCestoda
- subclassEucestoda
- orderDiphyllidea Van Beneden in Carus, 1863
- familyEchinobothriidae Perrier, 1897
- genusEchinobothrium Van Beneden, 1849
- speciesEchinobothrium typus Van Beneden, 1849
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Echinobothrium. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Echinobothrium acanthocolle Wojciechowska, 1991 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium clavatum Probert & Stobart, 1989 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium coenoformum Alexander, 1963 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium elegans Tyler, 2006 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium heroniense Williams, 1964 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium joshuai Rodriguez, Pickering & Caira, 2011 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium marquesi Abbott & Caira, 2014 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium mercedesae Caira, Rodriguez & Pickering, 2013 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium reesae Ramadevi, 1969 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium rhynchobati (Khalil & Abdul-Salam, 1989) Tyler, 2006 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium sematanense Ivanov & Caira, 2012 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Echinobothrium sinensis (Li & Wang, 2007) Kuchta & Caira, 2010 | EchinobothriidaePlatyhelminthes | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105159 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38G6S. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.