Tapeworm Species Details

Marsipometra parva Simer, 1931
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12456
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Marsipometra
Species parva
Authority Simer, 1931
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Simer, P. 1931. A preliminary study if the Cestodes of the spoonbill, Polyodon spathula (Wal.). Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 22: 139-145.

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Redescription

Beaver, P. C and P. H. Simer. 1940. A restudy of the three existing species of the cestode genus Marsipometra Cooper (Amphicotylidae) from the spoonbill, Polyodon spathula (Wal.). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 59(2): 167-182.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/12/2013 Created B. Barbeau
03/26/2015Modified
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/07/2017ModifiedM. Oros
10/12/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Acipenseriformes
Host Family Polyodontidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Polyodon
Species spathula
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Polyodon
Species spathula
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Tallachatchie River
Island(s)
City/Region Money
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities - Tallachatchie River and adjoining lakes
Locality Notes - collected in later part of August and first days of September 1927

Specimens

Type Material -USNPC No. 009275.00 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.