Tapeworm Species Details

Electrotaenia Nybelin, 1942
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2340
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Electrotaenia
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Authority Nybelin, 1942
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Electrotaenia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Nybelin, 1942
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
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Nybelin, O. 1942. Zur Helminthenfauna der Süsswasserfische Schwedens. II. Die Cestoden des Welses. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, Ser. B 1: 1-24.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., T. Scholz, and M. H. Ibraheem. 2004. Redescription of Electrotaenia malopterurui (Fritsch, 1886) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of Malapterurus electricus (Siluriformes: Malapteruruidae) from Egypt. Systematic Parasitology 57: 97-109.

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Scientific Name Notes -valid -type species: Electrotaenia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Nybelin, 1942 - revised by de Chambrier et al., 2004

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
04/14/2011Modified
12/02/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
04/25/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
07/20/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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