Tapeworm Species Details

Polyonchobothrium septicolle (Diesing, 1854) Diesing, 1864
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8012
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polyonchobothrium
Species septicolle
Authority (Diesing, 1854) Diesing, 1864
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Polyonchobothrium polypteri (Leyding, 1853) Luhe, 1900
Synonyms Onchobothrium (Polyonchobothrium) septicolle Diesing, 1854
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1854. Über eine naturgemässe Vertheilung der Cephalocotyleen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 13(2): 556-616.

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Diesing, K. M. 1863. Revision der Cephalocotyleen. Abtheilung: Paramecocotyleen. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien Mathematische-Naturwissenschuften Classe Abtheilung I. 48(6): 200-345.

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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
11/12/2010 Created R. Kuchta
02/26/2013Modified
06/09/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
04/06/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Polypteriformes
Host Family Polypteridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Polypterus
Species bichir
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Polypterus
Species bichir
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected by Kollar in 1847 or 1852

Specimens

Type Material -NMW Nos. 2312-3
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -probably syntype by Kuchta et al. 2012
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.