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Markevitschia sagittata Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965
Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 189
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Caryophyllaeidae
Subfamily
Genus Markevitschia
Species sagittata
Authority Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Atractolytocestus sagittatus (Kulakovskaya & Akhmerov, 1965)
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Kulakovskaya, O. P. and O. K. Akhmerov. 1965. A new caryophyllidean - Markevitschia sagittata n. gen. n. sp. (Cestoda, Lytocestidae) from carp of the Amur River. In , . Naukova dumka, Kiev, 264-271 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/14/2005 Created Scholz, Oros
12/12/2013Modified
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz
08/18/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cyprinus
Species haematopterus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Cyprinus
Species carpio
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes Cyprinus haematopterus was considered to be a wild form of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Amur River near Elabug
Island(s)
City/Region Far East
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities Lakes Orel, Chlya and Udyl
Locality Notes Type locality was not indicated but the Amur River appeared first

Specimens

Type Material - Institute of Zoology, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (holotype) - Helminthological Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.