Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus microcephalus Haderlie, 1953
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2452
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species microcephalus
Authority Haderlie, 1953
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Citation(s)

Haderlie, E. C. 1953. Parasites of the fresh-water fishes of northern California. University of California Publications in Zoology 57: 303-439.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Caira , Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
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Type Host
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Genus Micropterus
Species dolomieu
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Putah Creek
Island(s)
City/Region near Middletown in Lake County, California
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Specimens

Type Material -“holotype and paratype(s) in the USNPC -“paratypes in the colleciton of the Dept. of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley and in the author’s collection”
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.