Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus musculosus Baer, 1937
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7368
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species musculosus
Authority Baer, 1937
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bothriocephalus cuspidatus Cooper, 1917
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Scientific Name Notes -synonymized by Scholz (1997)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/14/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/04/2012Modified
05/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
10/30/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/27/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Perciformes
Host Family Cichidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Cichlasoma
Species biocellata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rocio
Species octofasciata
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Switzerland
Body of Water aquarium
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City/Region
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -from imported fish which died in an aquarium in Switzerland

Specimens

Type Material -MHNG Nos, 14/74–79 (holotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens -1 slide with the whole-mount of a worm; 5 slides with histological sections of gravid proglottides
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.