Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium piramutab Woodland, 1933
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Monticelliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2535
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Monticelliidae
Subfamily
Genus Anthobothrium
Species piramutab
Authority Woodland, 1933
Taxonomic Status Synonym
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1933. On two new cestodes from the Amazon siluroid fish Brachyplatystoma vaillanti Cuv. and Val.. Parasitology 25: 485-490.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., R. Kuchta, and T. Scholz. 2015. Tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) of teleost fishes from the Amazon River in Peru: additional records as an evidence of unexplored species diversity. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 122(1): 149-163.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
01/16/2013Modified
12/03/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
02/03/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
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Genus Brachyplatystoma
Species vaillanti
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host not given
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River
Island(s)
City/Region between Codajaz and Parintins
Coordinates
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Specimens

Type Material Located in BMNH as per A. de Chambrier
Total Number of Type Specimens "numerous"
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.