Tapeworm Species Details

Coelobothrium gambusiense Yang, Wang, Peng, Zhou & Liu, 2005
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 7409
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Coelobothrium
Species gambusiense
Authority Yang, Wang, Peng, Zhou & Liu, 2005
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015
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Citation(s)

Yang, W.-C., Y.-H. Wang, W.-F. Peng, L. Zhou, and S.-F. Liu. 2005. A new pseudophyllidean from a freshwater fish, Gambusia affinis, in China. Journal of Parasitology 91(4): 937–938.

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Scientific Name Notes -synonymy by Kuchta et Scholz (2007)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/20/2010 Created B. Barbeau
08/02/2012Modified
05/10/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/07/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/25/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/11/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Cypriniformes
Host Family Poecillidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Gambusia
Species affinis
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Gambusia
Species affinis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country China
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Fujian Province
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material -C20010401 (holotype) -C20010402-C20010405 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -deposited in Parasitology Research Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.