Tapeworm Species Details

Corallobothrium (Megathylacoides) thompsoni Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2332
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Corallobothrium (Megathylacoides)
Species thompsoni
Authority Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Megathylacoides thompsoni (Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956) Freze, 1965
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Jones, A. W., C. Kerley and K. E. Sneed. 1956. New species and a new subgenus of Corallobothrium (Cestoda, Proteocephala) from catfishs of the Mississippi Basin. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31: 179-185.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes the name Corallobothrium (Megathylacoides) thompsoni was proposed by Jones, Kerley, & Sneed, 1956. The genus Megathylacoides is now recognized as valid (see Freze, 1965. )

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
02/26/2015Modified
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/18/2020ModifiedT. 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 lacustrus punctatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ictalurus
Species lacustris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Lake Texoma
Island(s)
City/Region Oklahoma
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -USNPC (type)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material -”other material” Museum of Zoology, University of Oklahoma
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.