Tapeworm Species Details

Wenyonia acuminata Woodland, 1923
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 244
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Wenyonia
Species acuminata
Authority Woodland, 1923
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1923. On some remarkable new forms of Caryophyllaeidae from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and a recision of the families of the Cestodaria. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 67: 435-472.

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Redescription

Schaeffner, B. C., M. Jirku, Z. N. Mahmoud, and T. Scholz. 2011. Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 79: 83-107.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/17/2007 Created Oros
02/04/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/07/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Mochokidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Synodontis
Species membranaceus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Synodontis
Species membranaceus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Synodontis acanthomias, S. clarias
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes four whole specimens and a number of longitudinal and transverse sections

Type Locality

Country Africa
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - syntypes BMNH Nos. 1961.3.14.48–52
Total Number of Type Specimens 5 syntypes
Voucher Material BMNH Nos 2002.11.1.10–14; 2004.2.18.31–33; BMNH 2010.8.10.18; IPCAS C-570
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.