Tapeworm Species Details

Ichthyotaenia fossata Riggenbach, 1895
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Species ID 2364
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ichthyotaenia
Species fossata
Authority Riggenbach, 1895
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus fossatus (Riggenbach, 1895) La Rue, 1911
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Citation(s)

Riggenbach, E. 1895. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Taenien der Süsswasserfische. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde, Abteilung I 18: 609-613 + plate .

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
02/16/2010Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

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Genus ”ein südamerikanischer Welsart”
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Host Notes -Riggenbach (1896, p. 166) reported Pimelodus pati as the host and the intestine as the site of infection

Type Locality

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Body of Water Rio Paraguay
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Locality Notes See Riggenbach, 1896 (pg. 166)

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.