Tapeworm Species Details

Floriceps saccatus Cuvier, 1817
Trypanorhyncha: Lacistorhynchidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4773
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family Lacistorhynchidae
Subfamily
Genus Floriceps
Species saccatus
Authority Cuvier, 1817
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Rhynchobothrium ingens Linton, 1921; Anthocephalus elongatus Rudolphi, 1819; Rhynchobothrium carangis Maccallum, 1921; Floriceps caballeroi Ceuz-Reyes, 1977
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Cuvier, G. 1817. Le regne animal distribue d’apres son organisation pour servir de base a l”Histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction a l’anatomie comparee. , Paris, 255 pp.

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Redescription

Dollfus, R.-P. 1942. Études critiques sur les tétrarhynques du Muséum de Paris. Archives du Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle, 6. Série 19: 7-466.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created I. Beveridge
05/07/2015Modified
05/28/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
05/30/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/24/2017ModifiedK. Herzog
10/31/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Orthagoriscus
Species mola
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mola
Species mola
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host liver
Host Notes See Palm (2004, p. 571) for list of additional hosts

Type Locality

Country not known
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes See Palm (2004, p. 571) for list of additional localities

Specimens

Type Material MNHN1126 (types) (?); USNHC 35975 (type of Rhynchobothrium carangis) ( as given in Palm [2004])
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.