Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia malopteruri Fritsch, 1886
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Monticelliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2313
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Monticelliidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species malopteruri
Authority Fritsch, 1886
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Electrotaenia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Nybelin, 1942
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia malapteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Riggenbach, 1896 Monticellia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) La Rue, 1911 Proteocephalus
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Citation(s)

Fritsch, G. 1886. Die Parasiten des Zitterwelses. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Sitzung der physikalisch-mathematischen Classe 6: 99-108 + plate I.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
02/18/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Malopterus
Species “Zitterwels”
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Malapterurus
Species electricus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water [Nile River]
Island(s)
City/Region
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DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material not given in original description [Most probably does not exist according to de Chambrier et al. (2004)]
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.