Tapeworm Species Details

Lytocestus filiformis (Woodland, 1923) Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12190
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Lytocestus
Species filiformis
Authority (Woodland, 1923) Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Caryophyllaeus filiformis Woodland, 1923; Lytocestus alestesi Lynsdale, 1956
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1923. On some remarkable new forms of Caryophyllaeidae from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and a recision of the families of the Cestodaria. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 67: 435-472.

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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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/05/2013 Created B. Barbeau
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
01/23/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/21/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Osteoglossiformes
Host Family Mormyridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Mormyrus
Species caschive
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mormyrus
Species caschive
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Alestes nurse (= Brycinus nurse)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material BMNH
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.