Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus prudhoei Tadros, 1967
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7378
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species prudhoei
Authority Tadros, 1967
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Kirstenella gordoni (Woodland, 1937) Kuchta in Kuchta et al., 2012
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
Verified By R. Kuchta
Citation(s)

Tadros, G. 1967. On a new cestode Bothriocephalus prudhoei sp. nov. from the Nile catfish Clarias anguillaris with some remarks on the genus Clestobothrium Lühe, 1899. Bulletin of the Zoologial Society of Egypt 21: 78-88.

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Redescription

Kuchta, R., A. Burianová, M. Jirků, A. de Chambrier, M. Oros, J. Brabec, and T. Scholz. 2012. Bothriocephalidean tapeworms (Cestoda) of freshwater fish in Africa, including erection of Kirstenella n. g. and description of Tetracampos martinae n. sp. Zootaxa 3309: 1–35.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/14/2010 Created B. Barbeau
02/28/2014Modified
02/24/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Clarias
Species anguillaris
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -identification of the host is not clear. With this tapeworm was found Proteocephalus dinotopteri too.

Type Locality

Country Sudan
Body of Water Nile River
Island(s)
City/Region Malakāl
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -material was collected by Dr. K.N. Soliman 2.3. 1958

Specimens

Type Material -BMNH 1998.10.15.6.7 (type)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 complete worm and fragments
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes additional material deposited at RVC C. 1262
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.