Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 2323 |
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| Order | Onchoproteocephalidea I |
| Family | Proteocephalidae |
| Subfamily | Proteocephalinae |
| Genus | Cangatiella |
| Species | macdonaghi |
| Authority | (Szidat & Nani, 1951) Gil de Pertierra & Viozzi, 1999 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Ichthyotaenia macdonaghi Szidat & Nani, 1951 Proteocephalus macdonaghi (Szidat & Nani, 1951) Yamaguti, 1959 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | Yes |
| Verified By | T. Scholz |
| Citation(s) |
Szidat, L. and A. Nani. 1951. Diplostomiasis cerebralis del pejerrey. Una grave epizootia que afecta a la economia nacional producida por larvas de trematodes que destruyen el cerebro de los pejerreyes.. Revista del Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales anexo al Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 1(8): 323-384. (7156) Download PDFGil de Pertierria, A. A. & G. P. Viozzi. 1999. Redescription of Cangatiella macdonaghi (Szidat y Nani, 1951) comb. nov. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) a parasite of the Atheriniform fish Odontethes hatcheri (Eigenmann, 1909) from the Patagonian region of Argentina. Neotrópica 45: 13-20. (4096) Download PDF |
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Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 03/09/2004 | Created | Healy, Scholz |
| 02/11/2010 | Modified | |
| 12/02/2015 | Modified | N. Arisco |
| 01/26/2017 | Modified | T. Scholz |
| 08/07/2017 | Modified | T. Scholz |
| 01/28/2020 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 01/29/2020 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 01/31/2020 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 02/20/2020 | Modified | J. Caira |
| 04/16/2020 | Modified | T. Scholz |
| 05/07/2020 | Modified | T. Scholz |
| 12/03/2021 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 06/18/2024 | Modified | T. Scholz |
Type Host
| Host Class | Actinopterygii | ||||||
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| Host Order | Atheriniformes | ||||||
| Host Family | Atherinopsidae | ||||||
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| Additional Host(s) | Odontesthes bonariensis | ||||||
| Site in Host | intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | de Chambrier et al. (2017) reported Odontesthes bonariensis as the type host |
Type Locality
| Country | Argentina |
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| Body of Water | Pellegrini lake |
| Island(s) | |
| City/Region | Near to Cinco Saltos/ Province of Rio Negro |
| Coordinates | S, 38°40W |
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Specimens
| Type Material | MACN-Pa 39/1 (holotype); MACN-Pa 39/2 (4 paratypes) |
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| Total Number of Type Specimens | |
| Voucher Material | MACN-Pa 378/1-5; MHNG-PLAT 22842-4; CRUB 72, 73 |
| Specimen Notes |
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
Fig. 6. - Ichthyotaenia MacDonaghi n. sp. del intestino del pejerrey del lago Pellegrini: a, escolex con estróbila; b, proglottis maduro; c, proglottis con huevos en el útero; d-e, huevos uterinos. 
Figs. 1-4. Cangatiella macdonaghi, type material [re-studied by Gil de Pertierra and Viozzi, 1999]. 1: scolex of paratype showing apical concentration of glandular cells, scale bar 200 µm. 2: scolex of holotype showing the ventral furrow, scale bar 200 µm. 3: mature proglottis, ventral view, scale bar 200 µm. 4: cirrus pouch and vagina, dorsal view, scale bar 100 µm. 
Figs 5-12. Cangatiella macdonaghi, new material [Vouchers deposited by Gil de Pertierra and Viozzi, 1999]. 5: scolex showing the ventral furrow and the apical central pit surrounded by small unicellular glands, scale bar 200 µm. 6: scolex without ventral furrow, scale bar 200 µm. 7: mature proglottis, ventral view showing the vitelline follicles and only one layer of testes, scale bar 200 µm. 8: gravid proglottis, ventral view, scale bar 200 µm. 9-10: transverse sections of gravid proglottis showing the position of the vitelline follicles, scale bar 200 µm. 11: cirrus pouch and vagina, dorsal view, scale bar 100 µm. 12: eggs (intra-uterine stages). c: capsule. eb: embryophore. oe: outer envelope. on: developing oncosphere. vc: vitelline cell?, scale bar 30 µm. 
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