Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus parallacticus MacLulich, 1943
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2459
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species parallacticus
Authority MacLulich, 1943
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) Nufer, 1905
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Citation(s)

MacLulich, D. A. 1943. Proteocephalus parallacticus, a new species of tapeworm from lake trout, Cristivomer namaycush. Canadian Journal of Research 21: 145-149.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -Hanzelová & Scholz (1999) synonymized P. parallacticus with P. longicollis

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/10/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
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Genus Cristivomer
Species namaycush
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Salvelinus fontinalis Salmo fario
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Canada
Body of Water Lake Opeongo
Island(s)
City/Region Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
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Specimens

Type Material Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology & USNPC (numbers not given in original description) Holotype USNPC 39033 [see Hanzelová & Scholz (1999) ]
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.