Tapeworm Species Details

Cephalobothrium ghardagense Ramadan, 1986
Lecanicephalidea: Cephalobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 1777
Order Lecanicephalidea
Family Cephalobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Cephalobothrium
Species ghardagense
Authority Ramadan, 1986
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Ramadan, M. M. 1986. Cestodes of the genus Cephalobothrium Shipley and Hornel, 1906 (Lecanicephaliidae), with description of C. ghardagense n. sp. and C. taeniurai n. sp. from the Red Sea fishes. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 35: 11-15.

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Scientific Name Notes Jensen (2005) listed this species as a species inquirenda (non-lecanicephalidean); it is unrecognizable based on its original description and, given its type host is a teleost of dubious identity, perhaps Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829) (syn. Scarus bicolor), it is likely not a lecanicephalidean.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/09/2006 Created K. Jensen , R. Tracy
02/11/2010Modified
01/05/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
01/12/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
06/09/2016ModifiedK. Jensen

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Perciformes?
Host Family Scaridae?
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Scarus
Species bicolar
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Cetoscarus?
Species bicolor?
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes Host was male

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water Red Sea
Island(s)
City/Region Al-Ghardaga
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Specimens

Type Material holotype (No. 341) deposited in the Helminthological Collection, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
Total Number of Type Specimens 1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.