Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus pusillus Ward, 1910
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2468
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species pusillus
Authority Ward, 1910
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) Hanzelova & Scholz, 1999
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Citation(s)

Ward, H. B. 1910. Internal parasites of the Sebago salmon. Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 713: 1153-1194, Plate.

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Scientific Name Notes -Hanzelova & Scholz, 1999 synonymized this species with P. longicollis

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
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Sebago salmon (Salmo sebago)
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine behind pyloric caeca
Host Notes -Ward, 1910 notes that the Sebago salmon is considered to be merely a landlocked variety of Salmo salar by some authors

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Sebago Lake
Island(s)
City/Region
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Specimens

Type Material -none mentioned in original description -syntypes from Salmo sebago are deposited in USNPC No. 49870 & 49871 (see Hanzelova & Scholz, 1999)
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.