Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus catzeflisi de Chambrier, Vaucher & Renaud, 1992
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8018
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Proteocephalus
Species catzeflisi
Authority de Chambrier, Vaucher & Renaud, 1992
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Ophiotaenia catzeflisi (de Chambrier, Vaucher & Renaud, 1992) Ammann & de Chambrier, 2008
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A., C. Vaucher, and F. Renaud. 1992. Etude des caracteres morpho-anatomiques et des flux geniques chez quatre Proteocephalus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) parasites de Bothrops jararaca du Bresil et description de trois especes nouvelles. Systematic Parasitology 23: 141-156.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/13/2010 Created B. Barbeau
06/22/2024ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bothrops
Species jararaca
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bothrops
Species jararaca
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host Four specimens in oesophagus, six specimens at pyloric level
Host Notes Collected in 1 or 29 hosts on 16 October 1989; intensity 10 tapeworms

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Domingos Martins, State of Espírito Santo
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material Museum d’histoire naturelle (MHNG), Geneve: Holotype INVE 16213; paratypes INVE 16214, 16215; Butantan (thrown out!): 2 paratypes Nos. 6568 and 6569
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material MHNG INVE 16216; Butantan No. 6570
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.