Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus pollanicola Gresson & Corbett, 1954
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2464
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species pollanicola
Authority Gresson & Corbett, 1954
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) LaRue, 1911
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Citation(s)

Gresson, R. A. R. and M. P. Corbett. 1954. A morphological study of fish tapewom, Proteocephalus pollanicola. Parasitology 44: 34-49.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -This name was used for what appears to be this species earlier by Gresson (1952) (Cit#4069) in the absence of a description -This species was synonymized with P. longicollis by Scholz et al. 1998 (Syst. Parasitol.)

Record Data

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

Type Host

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Type Host
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Genus Coregonus
Species pollan
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Type Locality

Country Northern Ireland
Body of Water Lough Neagh
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.