Tapeworm Species Details

Monticellia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) La Rue, 1911
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Gangesiinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2580
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Gangesiinae
Genus Monticellia
Species malopteruri
Authority (Fritsch, 1886) La Rue, 1911
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Electrotaenia malopteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Nybelin, 1942
Synonyms Taenia malopteruri Fritsch, 1886 Ichthyotaenia malapteruri (Fritsch, 1886) Riggenbach, 1896 Proteocephalus malopteruri (Fritsc
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Type Species No
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Verified By T. Scholz
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Fritsch, G. 1886. Die Parasiten des Zitterwelses. Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Sitzung der physikalisch-mathematischen Classe 6: 99-108 + plate I.

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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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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes regarding the generic status of this species, La Rue (1911) stated that it probably belongs to Monticellia.

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/19/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
04/30/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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