Tapeworm Species Details

Nomimoscolex suspectus Zehnder, de Chambrier, Vaucher & Mariaux, 2000
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Monticelliidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 5858
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Monticelliidae
Subfamily
Genus Nomimoscolex
Species suspectus
Authority Zehnder, de Chambrier, Vaucher & Mariaux, 2000
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Zehnder, M., A. de Chambrier, C. Vaucher, and J. Mariaux. 2000. Nomimoscolex suspectus n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea: Zygobothriinae) with morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses of the genus. Systematic Parasitology 47: 157-172.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/16/2010 Created B. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Brachyplatystoma
Species filamentosum (Lichtenstein)
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) B. flavicans (Castelnau) and B. Vaillanti (Cuvier & Valenciennes)
Site in Host posterior part of intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Itacoatiara, Amazonas State
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Specimens

Type Material CHIOC No. 34212 (holotype); INVE Nos. 22302, 22319, 27139, 27143, 27144, 27145 (paratypes); CHIOC Nos. 34212b-c (paratypes).
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.