Tapeworm Species Details

Parabothriocephalus sagitticeps (Sleggs, 1927) Jensen, 1976
Bothriocephalidea: Echinophallidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12476
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Echinophallidae
Subfamily
Genus Parabothriocephalus
Species sagitticeps
Authority (Sleggs, 1927) Jensen, 1976
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Dibothrium sagitticeps Sleggs, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Sleggs, G. F. 1927. Notes on cestodes and trematodes of marine fishes of southern California. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Technical Series 1: 63-72.

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Jensen, L. A. 1976. Parabothriocephalus sagitticeps (Sleggs 1927) comb. n. (Cestoda: Parabothriocephalidae) from Sebastes paucispinis of southern and central California. Journal of Parasitology 62(4): 560-562.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/13/2013 Created B. Barbeau
01/28/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/06/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/11/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/26/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Scorpaeniformes
Host Family Sebastidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sebastodes
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Sebastes
Species paucispinus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -host species confirmed by Jensen (1976)

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Pacific Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region Monterey, California
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -not locared
Total Number of Type Specimens -20 specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -Jensen (1976) deposited vouchers in USNPC Nos. 73463-73467
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.