Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus sandgroundi Carter, 1943
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2471
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species sandgroundi
Authority Carter, 1943
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kapsulotaenia sandgroundi (Carter, 1943) Freze, 1965
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Citation(s)

Carter, W. J. 1943. Proteocephalus sandgroundi, a new tetraphyllidean cestode from an East Indian monitor lizard. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 62: 301-305.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A. 2006. Redescription of Kapsulotaenia sandgroundi (Carter, 1943) (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Acanthotaeniinae), a parasite of Varanus komodoensis (Varanoidea: Varanidae) from Indonesia. Systematic Parasitology 63: 83-93.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/09/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
11/08/2013Modified
04/13/2019ModifiedA. Phillips

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus “Varanus
Species komodoensis”
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes -Host name was in quotation marks in the description

Type Locality

Country Komodo
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Dutch East Indies
Coordinates
DD Latitude 8.5°S
DD Longitude 119.3°E
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Cotype specimens in toto mounts of several fragmentary strobilae in USNPC and collection of J. H. Sandground
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.