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Nomimoscolex alovarius Brooks & Deardorff, 1980
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Monticelliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2596
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Monticelliidae
Subfamily
Genus Nomimoscolex
Species alovarius
Authority Brooks & Deardorff, 1980
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Brooks, D. R. and T. L. Deardorff. 1980. Three proteocephalid cestodes from Colombian siluriform fishes, including Nominoscolex alovarius sp. n. (Monticelliidae: Zygobothriinae). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 47: 15-21.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes listed in Schmidt (1986)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created
02/16/2010Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Pimelodus
Species clarias
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior one-third of small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Colombia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Quebrada Doņa Juana, vicinity of La Dorada, Caldas
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNM No. 74499 (holotype) (=USNPC) USNM No. 74500 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.