Tapeworm Species Details

Corallotaenia intermedia (Fritts, 1959) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2687
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Corallotaenia
Species intermedia
Authority (Fritts, 1959) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Corallobothrium intermedium Fritts, 1959; Corallotaenia intermedium (Fritts, 1959) Freze, 1965; Megathylacoides intermedia (Fritts, 1959) Befus & Freeman, 1973
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Fritts, D. H . 1959. Helminth parasites of the fishes of Northern Idaho. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 78: 194-202.

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Freze, V. I. 1965. [Proteocephalata in Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles] (In Russian). Osnovy Tsestodologii 5: 538 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -listed in Schmidt (1986)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
03/02/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
04/17/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/15/2024ModifiedT. Scholz
02/14/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/12/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Ictaluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Amerius
Species nebulosus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Amerius
Species nebulosus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country USA
Body of Water Robinson Lake
Island(s)
City/Region Idaho
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.