Tapeworm Species Details

Luciaella ivanovae Gil de Pertierra, 2009
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Peltidocotylinae
New Search Duplicate Record Edit Record

Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5787
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Peltidocotylinae
Genus Luciaella
Species ivanovae
Authority Gil de Pertierra, 2009
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Gil de Pertierra, A. A. 2009. Luciaella ivanovae n. g., n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Peltidocotylinae), a parasite of Ageneiosus inermis (L.) (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) in Argentina. Systematic Parasitology 73: 71-80.

(4536) Download PDF

Redescription
Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/17/2009 Created B. Barbeau
01/12/2010Modified
05/06/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/18/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Auchenipteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ageneiosus
Species inermis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ageneiosus
Species inermis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Argentina
Body of Water Colastiné River (tributary of Paraná River)
Island(s)
City/Region near Barrio Colastiné Sur, Santa Fe Province
Coordinates
DD Latitude -31.667
DD Longitude -60.767
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material MACN-Pa No. 473/1 (A-E) (holotype)(an entire worm on 5 slides with transverse sections of proglottides); MACN-Pa No. 473/2 (A-B), 473/3 (A-B), 473/4 (A-B) (3 paratypes); MHNG INVE No. 37180 (1 paratype).
Total Number of Type Specimens 15 specimens: 7 whole mounts, 8 scoleces observed with SEM, and pieces of strobila as transverse sections.
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.