Tapeworm Species Details

Megathylacoides thompsoni (Sneed, 1950) Freze, 1965
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Essexiellinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2821
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Essexiellinae
Genus Megathylacoides
Species thompsoni
Authority (Sneed, 1950) Freze, 1965
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Corallobothrium thompsoni Sneed, 1950
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Sneed, K. E. 1950. The genus Corallobothrium from Catfishes in Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, with a Description of Two New Species [Program and Abstracts of the 25th Annual Meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, Cleveland, Ohio, December 27-29]. Journal of Parasitology 36: 43 (section 2).

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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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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/21/2003 Created Scholz, Kuchta, Healy, Caira
02/16/2010Modified
04/17/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/15/2024ModifiedT. Scholz
08/12/2025ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Ictaluridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ictalurus
Species lacustris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ictalurus
Species lacustris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water Lake Texoma
Island(s)
City/Region Oklahoma
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.