Tapeworm Species Details

Anthocephalus macrourus Rudolphi, 1819
Trypanorhyncha:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 4966
Order Trypanorhyncha
Family
Subfamily
Genus Anthocephalus
Species macrourus
Authority Rudolphi, 1819
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pterobothrium macrourum (Rudolphi, 1819) Diesing, 1850
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By I. Beveridge
Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
11/30/-0001 Created K. Catanese
07/22/2014Modified
06/23/2015ModifiedI. Beveridge
08/21/2017ModifiedK. Herzog

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
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Type Host
(Literal)
Genus [not given]
Species [not given]
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus [not given]
Species [not given]
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host viscera and liver
Host Notes Rudolphi (1819) gave the host simply as a member of the Spariformes with the local name of "cherubichno"

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material ZMB 2218 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Types examined by Campbell & Beveridge (1996) - completely dessicated
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.