Tapeworm Species Details

Biacetabulum hoffmani Mackiewicz, 1972
Caryophyllidea: Capingentidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 171
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Capingentidae
Subfamily
Genus Biacetabulum
Species hoffmani
Authority Mackiewicz, 1972
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Mackiewicz, J. S. 1972. Two new species of caryophyllid tapeworms from catostomid fishes in Tennessee. Journal of Parasitology 58(6): 1075-1081.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/14/2005 Created Scholz, Oros
04/13/2010Modified
04/01/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
03/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/11/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Catostomidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Hypentelium
Species etowanum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hypentelium
Species etowanum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Moxostoma erythrurum
Site in Host anterior half of intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water small tributary of Sugar Creek
Island(s)
City/Region about 0.5 km NW of bridge over Sugar Creek at town of Union, 7.5 km W of Conasauga on US route 411, Tennessee, Bradley Co.
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities Moxostoma erythrurum: Tennessee, Coahulla Creek between Tennessee routes 60 and 74 just N of the Tennessee-Georgia border; all localities from the Alabama River drainage, Blue Ridge Physiographic Province
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - USNPC No. 72313 (holotype) - USNPC No. 72314 (4 paratypes) - BMNH No. 1972.6.19.4-5 (2 paratypes) - author’s collection (3 paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material - USNPC No. 72315 (4 slides - sections) - BMNH No. 1972.6.19.6
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.