Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus cernuae (Gmelin, 1790) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12568
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species cernuae
Authority (Gmelin, 1790) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia cernuae Gmelin, 1790
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Gmelin, J. F. 1790. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. Classis VI. Vermes. Impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 3021-3910 pp.

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La Rue, G. R. 1911. A revision of the cestode family Proteocephalidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 473-482.

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Scientific Name Notes Proteocephalus-aggregate of de Chambrier et al. (2004) (= Proteocephalus sensu stricto)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/15/2013 Created B. Barbeau
11/08/2013Modified
09/17/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/06/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
07/20/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/04/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Percidae
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Genus Gymnocephalus
Species cernua
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