Tapeworm Species Details

Ichthyotaenia laruei (Faust, 1920) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2780
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
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Genus Ichthyotaenia
Species laruei
Authority (Faust, 1920) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) Nufer, 1905
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Faust, E. C. 1919. Two new Proteocephalidae. Journal of Parasitology 6(2): 79-83.

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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
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. -synonym determined by Hanzelova & Scholz (1999)

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03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified

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