Tapeworm Species Details

Houssayela Rego, 1987
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2561
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Houssayela
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Authority Rego, 1987
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Citation(s)

Rego, A. A. 1987. Cestoides proteocefalideos do Brasil. Reorganizacao taxonomica. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 47(1/2): 203-212.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A. and T. Scholz. 2005. Redescription of Houssayela sudobim (Woodland, 1935) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a parasite of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (Pisces: Siluriformes) from the River Amazon. Systematic Parasitology 62: 161-169.

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Scientific Name Notes -valid -type and only known species: Houssayela subodim (Woodland, 1935) Rego, 1987

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/17/2003 Created
04/14/2011Modified
12/03/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
12/06/2018ModifiedP. Alves
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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