Tapeworm Species Details

Crepidobothrium lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1959
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2337
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Crepidobothrium
Species lachesidis
Authority (MacCallum, 1921) Yamaguti, 1959
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Tetrabothrium lachesidis MacCallum, 1921; Proteocephalus lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) Hughes, Baker & Dawson, 1941
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

MacCallum, G. A. 1921. Studies in Helminthology. Part 1. Trematodes. Part 2. Cestodes. Part 3. Nematodes. Zoopathologica. Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society on the Diseases of Animals 1(6): 135-284.

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Yamaguti, S. 1959. Systema Helminthum. Vol. II. The Cestodes of Vertebrates. Keigaku Publishing House, Tokyo, 860 pp.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A. 1989. Révision du genre Crepidobothrium (Monticelli, 1900) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) parasite d’Ophidiens néotropicaux. II. C. dollfusi Freze, 1965, C. lachesidis (MacCallum, 1921) et conclusions. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 96: 345-380.

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Scientific Name Notes revised by de Chambrier, 1989

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
03/15/2010Modified
03/27/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
05/18/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/18/2024ModifiedT. Scholz
06/20/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Lachesis
Species lanceolatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bothrops
Species lanceolatus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Island of Trinidad
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Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.