Cestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 14627 |
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| Order | Bothriocephalidea |
| Family | Bothriocephalidae |
| Subfamily | |
| Genus | Indobothrium |
| Species | branchiostegi |
| Authority | (Yamaguti, 1952) Sedova & Gulyaev, 2009 |
| Taxonomic Status | Synonym |
| Valid Name | Bothriocephalus branchiostegi Yamaguti, 1952 |
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| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | |
| Verified | No |
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| Citation(s) |
Yamaguti, S. 1952. Studies on the helminth fauna of Japan. Part 49. Cestodes of fishes, II. Acta Medicinae Okayama 8: 1-76. (511) Download PDFSedova, L. V. and V. D. Gulyaev. 2009. Indobothrium gen. n. and redescription of Indobothrium bengalensis (Devi 1975) comb. n. (Cestoda, Pseudophyllidea) from the jackscads (Carangidae) in the Indian ocean. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 88(10): 1265-1270. (7504) Download PDF |
| Redescription |
Gil de Pertierra, A. A., N. J. Arredondo, R. Kuchta, and I. S. Incorvaia. 2015. A new species of Bothriocephalus Rudolphi, 1808 (Eucestoda: Bothriocephalidea) from the channel bull blenny Cottoperca gobio (Günther) (Perciformes: Bovichtidae) on the Patagonian shelf off Argentina. . Systematic Parasitology 90: 247-256. (6613) Download PDF |
| Scientific Name Notes |
Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 08/07/2023 | Created | R. Kuchta |
| 08/07/2023 | Modified | R. Kuchta |
Type Host
| Host Class | Actinopterygyi | ||||||
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| Host Order | Perciformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Malacanthidae | ||||||
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| Site in Host | small intestine | ||||||
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Type Locality
| Country | Japan |
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| Body of Water | Pacific Ocean |
| Island(s) | Shikoku |
| City/Region | Tosa, Kōchi Prefecture |
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Specimens
| Type Material | -MPM |
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| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Global Cestode Database
Fig. 4. Scolex of Bothriocephalus branchiostegi, lateral view. Fig. 5. Gravid proglottis of Bothriocephalus branchiostegi, dorsal view. 

