Tapeworm Species Details

Caryophyllaeus chalmersius Woodland, 1924
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 174
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Caryophyllaeus
Species chalmersius
Authority Woodland, 1924
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Monobothrioides chalmersius (Woodland, 1924) Hunter, 1930
Synonyms Lytocestus chalmersius (Woodland, 1924) Fuhrmann & Baer, 1925
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1924. On a new species of the cestodarian genus Caryophyllaeus from an Egyptian siluroid. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 94(2): 529-532.

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Scientific Name Notes Hunter (1930) transferred, yet tentatively, the species to Monobothrioides, but it is listed erroneously within Caryophyllaeus by Schmidt (1986) (the species has cortical vitelline follicles, i.e., as lytocestids).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/14/2005 Created Scholz, Oros
07/17/2014Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
03/31/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/04/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
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Specimens

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Specimen Notes Deposition of type material not indicated
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.