Tapeworm Species Details

Crepidobothrium articulata (Rudin, 1917 ) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2695
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Crepidobothrium
Species articulata
Authority (Rudin, 1917 ) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Acanthotaenia nilotica (Beddard, 1913) Schmidt, 1986
Synonyms Acanthotaenia articulata Rudin, 1917; Proteocephalus articulatus (Rudin, 1917) Baer, 1927
Genus Record No
Type Species No
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Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Rudin, E. 1917. Die Ichthyotaenien der Reptilien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 25: 179-381 + Plates.

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Meggitt, F. J. 1927. Remarks on the cestode families Monticellidae and Ichthyotaeniidae. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 21: 69-87.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., J. Brabec, B. T. Tran, and T. Scholz. 2019. Revision of Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), parasites of monitors (Varanus spp.), based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitology Research 118: 1761-1783.

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Scientific Name Notes Meggitt (1927) does not explicitly state that this is a new combination, but this is the earliest use of this name we have found.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/11/2010Modified
05/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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