Tapeworm Species Details

Caryophyllaeus cyprinorum Zeder, 1803
Caryophyllidea: Caryophyllaeidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 210
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Caryophyllaeidae
Subfamily
Genus Caryophyllaeus
Species cyprinorum
Authority Zeder, 1803
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781)
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Zeder, J.G.H. 1803. Anleitung zur Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer. Für Aerzte, Thieraerzte und Naturforscher. Komptoir der Zeitung, Bamberg, 432 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Schmidt (1986) listed the species as valid

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
10/15/2005 Created Scholz, Oros
02/11/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Karpfenarten
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Type Host
(Valid)
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Additional Host(s) Unspecified cyprinid fish
Site in Host in intestinis cyprinorum
Host Notes Schmidt (1986) listed Cyprinus sp. as type host but Zeder (1803) reported species of cyprinid fishes (“Weissfischen”) as the hosts; the only host species named is “Barben”, i.e. Barbus, in which the largest tapeworms were found

Type Locality

Country Germany
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region surroundings of Bamberg (“Hier im Bambergschen trifft man sie häufig in Weissfischen an” - Zeder, 1803, p. 251, § 283)
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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.