Tapeworm Species Details

Cyathocephalus truncatus (Pallas, 1781) Kessler, 1868
Spathebothriidea: Acrobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3732
Order Spathebothriidea
Family Acrobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Cyathocephalus
Species truncatus
Authority (Pallas, 1781) Kessler, 1868
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Kessler, K. 1868. Materialy dlia poznaiia onezhskago ozera i obonezhskago kraia preimushestvenno v zoologicheskom otnoshenii. St. Petersburg, Akademii nauk, , 143 pp.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R.,R. Pearson, T. Scholz, O. Ditrich, and P. D. Olson. 2014. Spathebothriidea: survey of species, scolex and egg morphology, and interrelationships of a non-segmented, relictual tapeworm group (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda). Folia Parasitologica 61(4): 331–346.

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Scientific Name Notes Kuchta et al. (2014) reviewed the whole order, assessed the phylogenetic relationships of all genera and provided a survey of all valid species with new data on egg and scolex morphology and surface ultrastructure (i.e. microtriches).

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
08/20/2014Modified
02/02/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
07/28/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/02/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Esociformes
Host Family Esocidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Esox
Species lucius
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -post-cyclic host

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region St. Petersburg
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
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Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.