Tapeworm Species Details

Monticellia macrocotylea (Monticelli, 1891) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Monticelliinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2578
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Monticelliinae
Genus Monticellia
Species macrocotylea
Authority (Monticelli, 1891) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia macrocotylea Monticelli, 1891 Tetracotylus macrocotylea (Monticelli, 1891) Monticelli, 1891 Ichthyotaenia macrocotylea
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Monticelli, F. S. 1891. Notizie su di alcune specie di Taenia. - Communicazione di Fr. Sav. Monticelli, (Tav. VIII). Bollettino della Societa dei Naturalisti in Napoli 5: 151-174 + Plate.

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La Rue, G. R. 1911. A revision of the cestode family Proteocephalidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 473-482.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
01/22/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/04/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/10/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
04/30/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/16/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family
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Genus Silurus
Species megacephalus
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Host Notes This fish host does not exist, even among synonyms in FishBase

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