Tapeworm Species Details

Monobothrioides cunningtoni Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 101
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Monobothrioides
Species cunningtoni
Authority Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Fuhrmann, O. and J. G. Baer. 1925. Zoological results of the third Tanganyika expedition conducted by Dr. W. A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on the Cestoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925(No. VI): 79-100.

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Scientific Name Notes type species by designation

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/13/2005 Created Scholz, Caira , Hanzelova , Hea
08/04/2012Modified
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/04/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
08/19/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Claroteidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Auchenoglanis
Species occidentalis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Auchenoglanis
Species occidentalis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Parauchenoglanis punctatus
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Africa
Body of Water Lake Tanganyika
Island(s)
City/Region Mutondwe Bay
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Congo basin—Central African Republic, Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania, Zambia)
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MHNG-PLAT No. 41609 (syntype) BMNH 1927.8.6.3, 6, 10, 14, 15 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material BMNH 1928.5.22.117-124
Specimen Notes MHNG-PLAT - Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland; BMNH - Natural History Museum, London, UK
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.