Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus brooksi García-Prieto, Rodríguez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 1996
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2423
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species brooksi
Authority García-Prieto, Rodríguez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 1996
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

García-Prieto, L., L. M. Rodríguez, and G. Pérez-Ponce de León. 1996. Proteocephalus brooksi n. sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in the neotropical freshwater fish Rhamdia guatemalensis (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology 82(6): 992-997.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
04/13/2010Modified
08/12/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Heptapteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhamdia
Species guatemalensis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rhamdia
Species guatemalensis
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country México
Body of Water Lago de Catemaco
Island(s)
City/Region Estado de Veracruz
Coordinates 18°25’N, 105°06’W
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material - CNHE 1319 (holotype); - CNHE 2679 & 2680 & USNPC 86240 (paratypes)
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.