Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium karuatayi Woodland, 1934
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2661
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Anthobothrium
Species karuatayi
Authority Woodland, 1934
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Brayela karuatayi (Woodland, 1934) Rego, 1984
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1934. On six new cestodes from Amazon fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1: 33-44 + Plates I.

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Rego, A. A. 1984. Proteocephalidea from Amazonian freshwater fishes: New systematic arrangement for the species described by Woodland as Anthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea). Acta Amazonica 14: 86-94.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., T. Scholz, and R. Kuchta. 2014. Taxonomic status of Woodland's enigmatic tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Amazonian catfishes: back to museum collections. Systematic Parasitology 87(1): 1-19.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
12/13/2012Modified
04/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
05/06/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Pimelodidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus probably Glanidium
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Platynematichthys
Species notatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host not given
Host Notes - host name corrected by de Chambrier et al. (2014)

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River
Island(s)
City/Region some 70 miles below Manaos
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material not given Located in BMNH as per A. de Chambrier
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.