Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus macdonaghi (Szidat & Nani, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12586
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Proteocephalus
Species macdonaghi
Authority (Szidat & Nani, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Cangatiella macdonaghi (Szidat & Nani, 1951) Gil de Pertierra & Viozzi, 1999
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia macdonaghi Szidat & Nani, 1951
Genus Record No
Type Species
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Szidat, L. and A. Nani. 1951. Diplostomiasis cerebralis del pejerrey. Una grave epizootia que afecta a la economia nacional producida por larvas de trematodes que destruyen el cerebro de los pejerreyes.. Revista del Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales anexo al Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 1(8): 323-384.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/15/2013 Created B. Barbeau
11/08/2013Modified
01/31/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
02/24/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
05/07/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Atheriniformes
Host Family Atherinopsidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Basilichthys
Species microlepidotus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Odontesthes
Species hatcheri
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes de Chambrier et al. (2017) reported Odontesthes bonariensis as the type host

Type Locality

Country Argentina
Body of Water Lago Pellegrini
Island(s)
City/Region Province of Rio Negro
Coordinates 38°40'S, 68°W
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Lagunas Mar Chiquita a Gómez - material collected by McDonagh in 1932 Laguna Chascomús - collected by Ringuellet in 1943
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MACN-Pa 39/1 (holotype); MACN-Pa 39/2 (4 paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material MACN-Pa 378/1-5; MHNG-PLAT 22842-4; CRUB 72, 73
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.