Tapeworm Species Details

Ephedrocephalus Diesing, 1850
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Ephedrocephalinae
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Species ID 2551
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Ephedrocephalinae
Genus Ephedrocephalus
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Authority Diesing, 1850
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Type Species Ephedrocephalus microcephalus Diesing, 1850
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Alves, P. V., A. de Chambrier, J. L. Luque, and T. Scholz. 2018. Towards a robust systematic baseline of Neotropical fish tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae): amended diagnoses of two genera from the redtail catfish, Phractocephalus hemioliopterus. Zootaxa 4370(4): 363–380.

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Scientific Name Notes -type species: Ephedrocephalus microcephalus Diesing, 1850; monotypic genus

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
04/14/2011Modified
12/05/2018ModifiedP. Alves
04/28/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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