Tapeworm Species Details

Polyonchobothrium cylindraceum Janicki, 1926
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12396
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polyonchobothrium
Species cylindraceum
Authority Janicki, 1926
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Tetracampos ciliotheca Wedl, 1861
Synonyms Polyonchobothrium cylindraceum forma major Janicki, 1926, Polyonchobothrium cylindraceum forma minor Janicki, 1926
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Citation(s)

Janicki, C. 1926. Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile, 1901, under the direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld. Royal Univesity of Uppsala, Uppsala, 1-58 pp.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R., A. Burianová, M. Jirků, A. de Chambrier, M. Oros, J. Brabec, and T. Scholz. 2012. Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. g. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp. Zootaxa 3309: 1–35.

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Scientific Name Notes -described as 2 from: major and minir

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
01/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Suliformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water
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Specimens

Type Material -not locted
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Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -deposited in Göteborg Museum of Natural History
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.