Tapeworm Species Details

Dioicocestus acotylus Fuhrmann, 1904
Cyclophyllidea: Dioicocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1642
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dioicocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Dioicocestus
Species acotylus
Authority Fuhrmann, 1904
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species No
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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/06/2006 Created Healy, Jones
08/04/2012Modified
07/31/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Podicipediformes
Host Family Podicipedidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Podiceps
Species dominicus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Tachybaptus
Species dominicus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -We couldn’t be sure from the German, but Schmidt (1986) says the localities are Brazil and Jamaica

Specimens

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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.