Tapeworm Species Details

Mariauxiella piscatorum de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1999
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Peltidocotylinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2569
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Peltidocotylinae
Genus Mariauxiella
Species piscatorum
Authority de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1999
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Manaosia piscatorum (de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1999) Alves, de Chambrier, Luque, Takemoto, Tavares & Scholz, 2021
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A. and C. Vaucher. 1999. Proteocephalidae et Monticelliidae (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea) parasites de poissons d’eau douce au Paraguay, avec descriptions d’un genre nouveau et de dix especes nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 106: 165-240.

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Redescription

Alves, P. V., A. de Chambrier, J. L. Luque, R. M. Takemoto, L. E. R. Tavares, and T. Scholz. 2021. New arrangement of three genera of fish tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in catfishes (Siluriformes) from the Neotropical Region: taxonomic implications of molecular phylogenetic analyses. Parasitology Research 120: 1593-1603.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/17/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
08/04/2012Modified
05/06/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
06/23/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/18/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Pimelodidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Hemisorubim
Species platyrhynchos
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Hemisorubim
Species platyrhynchos
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Paraguay
Body of Water Rio Paraguay
Island(s)
City/Region San Antonio, Dep. Central
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Rio Piribebuy, 5 km north of Emboscada Nueva, Dep. Cordillera
Locality Notes date collected: Oct. 28, 1989

Specimens

Type Material MHNG No. INVE 19523 (holotype) MHNG No. INVE 19524, 24665 (2 paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material MHNG No. INVE 19525, 22904, 22924, 23872, 24666
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.