Tapeworm Species Details

Discocephalum pileatum Linton, 1891
Cathetocephalidea: Disculicipitidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 43
Order Cathetocephalidea
Family Disculicipitidae
Subfamily
Genus Discocephalum
Species pileatum
Authority Linton, 1891
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Disculiceps pileatus (Linton, 1891) Joyeux & Baer, 1936
Synonyms
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Linton, E. 1890. Notes on Entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descriptions of several new species. Part II. United States Commision of Fish and Fisheries. Part XV. Report of the Commissioner for 1887 15: 718-899.

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Joyeux, C. and J.-G. Baer. 1936. Notices helminthologiques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 60(6): 482-501.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/15/2006 Created R. Tracy, K. Jensen
01/22/2015Modified
06/06/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
01/05/2016ModifiedJ. Caira
01/07/2016Modified

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carcharhiniformes
Host Family Carcharhinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Carcharias
Species obscurus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Carcharhinus
Species obscurus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host spiral valve
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 adult, 3 young
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.