Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus gowkongensis Yeh, 1955
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7353
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species gowkongensis
Authority Yeh, 1955
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015
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Citation(s)

Yeh, L. S . 1955. On a new tapeworm Bothriocephalus gowkongensis n.sp. (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) from freshwater fish in China. Acta Zoologica Sinica 7: 69–74.

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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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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -synonymised by Körting 1975

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/14/2010 Created B. Barbeau
11/23/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/25/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/25/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
05/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
10/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/07/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/24/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Cyprinidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ctenopharyngodon
Species idellus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ctenopharyngodon
Species idella
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country China
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Gowkong, near Canton, South China
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Specimens

Type Material -BMNH Nos. 1961.2.17.27-34 (co-types) -Department of Parasitology, Hua-Nam Medical College, Canton, China (type)
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.