Tapeworm Species Details

Megathylacoides giganteum (Essex, 1928) Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2382
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Megathylacoides
Species giganteum
Authority (Essex, 1928) Jones, Kerley & Sneed, 1956
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Corallobothrium giganteum Essex, 1928
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
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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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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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
02/16/2010Modified
04/17/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/15/2024ModifiedT. Scholz
02/14/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Ictaluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ictalurus
Species punctatus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Ictalurus
Species punctatus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Rock River
Island(s)
City/Region Illinois
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.