Tapeworm Species Details

Ichthyotaenia neglecta (La Rue, 1911) Meggitt, 1927
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2787
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Ichthyotaenia
Species neglecta
Authority (La Rue, 1911) Meggitt, 1927
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Proteocephalus longicollis (Zeder, 1800) Nufer, 1905
Synonyms Proteocephalus neglectus La Rue, 1911
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

La Rue, G. R. 1911. A revision of the cestode family Proteocephalidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 38: 473-482.

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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. -valid name determined by Hanzelova & Scholz (1999)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
08/25/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Salmonifomres
Host Family Salmonidae
Type Host
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Genus Trutta
Species fario
Subspecies
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Genus Salmo
Species trutta
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Type Locality

Country Switzerland
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.