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Wenyonia longicauda Woodland, 1937
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2515
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Wenyonia
Species longicauda
Authority Woodland, 1937
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By adc, T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1937. Some cestodes from Sierra Leone.-I. On Wenyonia longicauda, sp. n., and Proteocephalus bivitellatus, sp. n. . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 4: 931-937 + Plate .

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Redescription

Schaeffner, B. C., M. Jirku, Z. N. Mahmoud, and T. Scholz. 2011. Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa. Systematic Parasitology 79: 83-107.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/04/2010Modified
06/12/2015ModifiedT. Scholz
10/07/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
10/03/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/17/2021ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Mochokidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Synodontis
Species gambiensis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Synodontis
Species schall
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior and middle intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sierra Leone
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Mano & Pujehun
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material - syntypes BMNH Nos 1961.3. 14.130, 131, 134, 136, 138, 140/1–2
Total Number of Type Specimens 7 syntypes
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.