Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus sinensis Chen, 1964
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13900
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Bothriocephalus
Species sinensis
Authority Chen, 1964
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Scientific Name Notes -conspecific with Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood, & Kuchta, 2015 - described in Chen, Y.-X. (1984). In: Institute of Hydrobiology Academia Sinica. Parasitic organisms of freshwater fish of China (Cestodes) (pp. 160–176). Beijing: Agricultural Publishing House (In Chinese).

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/25/2017 Created R. Kuchta
08/25/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
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Genus Luciobrama
Species macrocephalus
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Type Locality

Country China
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Locality Notes - Yang (2007) reported this species from Hubei and Jiangxi

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.