Tapeworm Species Details

Acanthotaenia pythonis Wahid, 1968
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2656
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Acanthotaenia
Species pythonis
Authority Wahid, 1968
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kapsulotaenia pythonis (Wahid, 1968) de Chambrier, Brabec, Tran & Scholz, 2019
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Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Wahid, S. 1968. A new species of the genus Acanthotaenia, with a note on Anonchotaenia trochilii from a new host. Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 11: 81-83.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes not listed in Schmidt (1986)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
09/16/2014Modified
02/04/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/09/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
10/07/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Pythonidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Chondropython
Species viridis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Morelia
Species viridis
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes host “died at the London Zoological Gardens”

Specimens

Type Material NHMUK 1998.10.12.18–22 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes 2 specimens deposited in RVC C1229 and C1230
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.