Tapeworm Species Details

Corallobothrium giganteum Essex, 1928
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2326
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Corallobothrium
Species giganteum
Authority Essex, 1928
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Megathylacoides giganteum (Essex, 1928) Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Essex, H. E. 1928. The structure and development of Corallobothrium with descriptions of two new fish tapeworms. Illinois Biological Monographs 11: 253-328.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes Redescription: Scholz, T., D. Barčák, A. Waeschenbach, C. T. McAllister, and A. Choudhury (2020). Tapeworms (Cestoda) of ictalurid catfishes (Siluriformes) in North America: redescription of type species of two genera and proposal of Essexiellinae n. subfam. Journal of Parasitology (in press).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created
02/11/2010Modified
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/16/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/15/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Ictaluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ictalurus
Species punctatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ictalurus
Species punctatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Leptops olivaris (= Pylodictis olivaris)
Site in Host intestinal tract
Host Notes -type host not designated, but I. punctatus listed first

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Rock River
Island(s)
City/Region Illinois
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Mississippi River
Locality Notes -type locality not given, but holotype is from the Rock River

Specimens

Type Material - USNM No. 1349897 (holotype and paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Holotype collected in 1926
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.