Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthotaenia nilotica (Beddard, 1913) Schmidt, 1986
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2655
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Acanthotaenia
Species nilotica
Authority (Beddard, 1913) Schmidt, 1986
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Rostellotaenia nilotica (Beddard, 1913) Freze, 1963
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia (Acanthotaenia) nilotica Beddard, 1913; Crepidobothrium niloticum (Beddard, 1913) Meggitt, 1927; Proteocephalus niloticus (Beddard, 1913) Baer, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. VII. On six species of tapeworms from reptiles, belonging to the genus Ichthyotaenia (s. l.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 4-36.

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Scholz, T. and A. de Chambrier . 2019. Amendment of Rostellotaenia Freze, 1963 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from African monitors (Varanus spp.) and a redescription of its type-species, R. nilotica (Beddard, 1913). Systematic Parasitology 96: 659-672.

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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 Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
03/11/2010Modified
02/04/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/05/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/07/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/09/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Varanus
Species niloticus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Varanus
Species niloticus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802) (rock or black-throated monitor) and V. exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792) (savannah monitor).
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country United Kingdom
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Zoological Garden in London (host imported)
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes Original area - Africa

Specimens

Type Material Syntypes: MHNG-PLAT-41360 (formerly in the collection of J.G. Baer at the Institut de Zoologie, Universite de Neuchatel, Switzerland).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material See Scholz & de Chambrier (2019)
Specimen Notes Syntypes: syntypes from Varanus niloticus: four slides with fragments of several pregravid and gravid specimens (one with scolex) and six slides with longitudinal and cross sections (MHNG-PLAT-41360)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.