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Marsypocephalus heterobranchus Woodland, 1925
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Marsypocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2818
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Marsypocephalinae
Genus Marsypocephalus
Species heterobranchus
Authority Woodland, 1925
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Proteocephalus heterobranchus (Woodland, 1925) Harwood, 1933
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1925. On some remarkable new Monticellia-like and other cestodes from Sudanese siluroids. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 69: 703-729.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes listed in Schmidt (1986)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/18/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
04/26/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
04/28/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/16/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Heterobranchus
Species bidorsalis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Heterobranchus
Species bidorsalis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host gut
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Khartoum
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material not indicated
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.