Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus aegyptiacus Ryšavý & Moravec, 1975
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7241
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species aegyptiacus
Authority Ryšavý & Moravec, 1975
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Ryšavý, B. and F. Moravec. 1975. Bothriocephalus aegyptiacus sp. n. (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from Barbus bynni, and its life cycle. Vestník Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti zoologické 39(1): 68-72.

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Brabec, J., A. Waeschenbach, T. Scholz, D. T. J. Littlewood, and R. Kuchta. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Bothriocephalidea (Cestoda): molecular data challenge morphological classification. International Journal for Parasitology 45(12): 761-771.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/08/2010 Created B. Barbeau
10/28/2013Modified
11/23/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Barbus
Species bynni
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Barbus
Species bynni
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Cairo
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -near Cario

Specimens

Type Material -IPCAS C–14 (syntype)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.