Tapeworm Species Details

Atractolytocestus sagittatus (Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965) Mackiewicz, 1994
Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13492
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Caryophyllaeidae
Subfamily
Genus Atractolytocestus
Species sagittatus
Authority (Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965) Mackiewicz, 1994
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Markevitschia sagittata Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Kulakovskaya, O. P. and O. K. Akhmerov. 1965. A new caryophyllidean - Markevitschia sagittata n. gen. n. sp. (Cestoda, Lytocestidae) from carp of the Amur River. In , . Naukova dumka, Kiev, 264-271 pp.

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Mackiewicz, J. S. 1994. Order Caryophyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863. In Keys to the Cestode Parasites of Vertebrates, L. F. Khalil, A. Jones, and R. A. Bray (eds). CAB International, Wallingford, United Kingdom, 21-43 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/12/2015 Created T. Scholz
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cyprinus
Species carpio haematopterus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Cyprinus
Species carpio
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Amur River near Elabug
Island(s)
City/Region Far East
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Lake Orel, Chlya, Udyl
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (holotype) - Helminthological Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.