Tapeworm Species Details

Amphoteromorphus parkarmoo Woodland, 1935
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Zygobothriinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2531
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Zygobothriinae
Genus Amphoteromorphus
Species parkarmoo
Authority Woodland, 1935
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz, P. V. Alves
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1935. Some more remarkable cestodes from Amazon siluroid fish. Parasitology 27: 207-225 + Plates.

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Redescription

Carfora, M., A. de Chambrier, C. Vaucher. 2003. Le genre Amphoteromorphus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasite de poissons-chats d’Amérique tropicale: étude morphologique et approche biosystématique par électrophorèse des protéines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110: 381-409.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
12/13/2012Modified
01/24/2017ModifiedT. Scholz
04/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Pimelodidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pseudopimelodus
Species zungaro
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Zungaro
Species zungaro
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior and middle intestine
Host Notes host name corrected based on FishBase (Froese and Pauly 2016)

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River
Island(s)
City/Region 20 miles below Manaus
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Amazon River, Iquitos, Region of Loretos, Peru (3°47'S; 73°20'W).
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Not given
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material Collected near the type locality. MHNG-PLAT 19733, 19851, 22085, 22240-44.
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.