Tapeworm Species Details

Schyzocotyle Akhmerov, 1960
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 3742
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
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Genus Schyzocotyle
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Authority Akhmerov, 1960
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Type Species Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015
Verified Yes
Verified By R. Kuchta
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Akhmerov, A. K. 1960. The tapeworms of fishes in the Amur River. Trudy Gelmintologicheskoi laboratorii 10: 15-31.

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Redescription

Brabec, J., A. Waeschenbach, T. Scholz, D. T. J. Littlewood, and R. Kuchta. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Bothriocephalidea (Cestoda): molecular data challenge morphological classification. International Journal for Parasitology 45(12): 761-771.

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Scientific Name Notes Described in the order Spathebothriidea; new synonymy Brabec et al 2015 - previous valid name Bothriocephalus with B. scorpii (Müller, 1776) as type species (BB)

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Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
09/27/2013Modified
09/08/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/30/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

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