Tapeworm Species Details

Amphoteromorphus piraeeba Woodland, 1934
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Zygobothriinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2532
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Zygobothriinae
Genus Amphoteromorphus
Species piraeeba
Authority Woodland, 1934
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. 1934. On some remarkable new cestodes from the Amazon siluroid fish, Brachyplatystoma filamentosum (Lichtenstein). Parasitology 26: 268-277+Plate X.

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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 -revised by de Chambrier and Vaucher (1997)

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 Brachyplatystoma
Species filamentosum
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Brachyplatystoma
Species filamentosum
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River; lake near Urucará
Island(s)
City/Region near to Parintins/State of Amazonas
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Originally not given. de Chambrier and Vaucher (1997) studied the syntypes BMNH 1964.12.15.18-25 "Amaz 114"
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material MHNG-PLAT 19659-61, 22069-70, 22221, 22223, 22225, 22227-28, 22232, 22234-37, 22239, 22242, 22251-53
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.