Tapeworm Species Details

Kapsulotaenia saccifera (Rátz, 1900) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Acanthotaeniinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2809
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Acanthotaeniinae
Genus Kapsulotaenia
Species saccifera
Authority (Rátz, 1900) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Ichthyotaenia saccifera Ratz, 1900 Acanthotaenia saccifera (Ratz, 1900) Johnston, 1909 Proteocephalus saccifera (Ratz, 1900) B
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Rátz, von, S. 1900. Drei neue Cestoden aus Neu-Guinea. : 657-660.

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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

de Chambrier, A., J. Brabec, and T. Scholz. 2020. Molecular data reveal unexpected species diversity of tapeworms of Australiasian reptiles: revision of Kapsulotaenia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae). Zootaxa 4869 : 529–561.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/20/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
06/14/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Varanidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Varanus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Varanus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Papua New Guinea
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region not known
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities Bensbach River, Western Province, Papua-New Guinea
Locality Notes Papua-New Guinea (more precise locality not provided)

Specimens

Type Material Syntypes—3 slides with fragments of several specimens including 4 scoleces from Varanus sp., Papua-New Guinea, collected by Ludwig Biró (MHNG-PLAT-36036–37; C116/41—several fragments of immature & mature proglottids & 1 immature spec. of Acanthotaenia biroi (von Rátz, 1900); C116/42—2 specimens with the scolex, 2 scoleces mixed with 1 specimen and one scolex of Acanthotaenia biroi (von Rátz, 1900); C116/43—fragments of pregravid proglottids with banana-shaped egg clusters).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material 2 slides with numerous fragments of specimens identified as K. saccifera from Varanus (?) salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878), Bensbach River, Western Province, Papua-New Guinea, coll. by I. L. Owen (NHMUK 1980.8.27.1–3).
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.