Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthotaenia gracilis (Beddard, 1913) Rudin, 1917
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2317
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Acanthotaenia
Species gracilis
Authority (Beddard, 1913) Rudin, 1917
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia varia Beddard, 1913; Acanthotaenia varia (Beddard, 1913) Nybelin, 1913; Proteocephalus varius (Beddard, 1913) Baer, 1927; Crepidobothrium varia (Beddard, 1913) Meggitt, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VII. On six species of tapeworms from reptiles, belonging to the genus Ichthyotaenia (s. l.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 4-36.

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Rudin, E. 1917. Die Ichthyotaenien der Reptilien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 25: 179-381 + Plates.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., J. Brabec, B. T. Tran, and T. Scholz. 2019. Revision of Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), parasites of monitors (Varanus spp.), based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitology Research 118: 1761-1783.

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Scientific Name Notes Species inquirenda according to Freze (1965, p. 428) and de Chambrier et al. (2019 - p. 1778).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
02/09/2010Modified
02/05/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/07/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/09/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
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Genus Varanus
Species varius
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Genus Varanus
Species varius
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Type Locality

Country Australia
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Specimens

Type Material Not known to exist
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.