Tapeworm Species Details

Amoebotaenia ischnorhyncha (Lühe, 1898) Cohn, 1899
Cyclophyllidea: Progynotaeniidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2218
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Progynotaeniidae
Subfamily
Genus Amoebotaenia
Species ischnorhyncha
Authority (Lühe, 1898) Cohn, 1899
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Leptotaenia ischnorhyncha (Lühe, 1898) Cohn, 1901
Synonyms Taenia ischnorhyncha Lühe, 1898
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Type Species No
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Scientific Name Notes -although Cohn (1899) does not specify this name as a new combination, this appears to be the first use of this name

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2004 Created Jensen, Nikolov
02/04/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
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Type Host
(Literal)
Genus flamingo
Species
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Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Site in Host [not given]
Host Notes -while the species name of the type host was not given by Lühe, Jansen & Van Den Broek (1966),Vigueras (1941) and Rysavy & Macko (1971) recollected Leptotaenia ischorhyncha from Phoenicopterus ruber ruber

Type Locality

Country [Tunisia]
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -Cohn (1901) gave Tunis as the locality of this species

Specimens

Type Material [not given]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.