Tapeworm Species Details

Polyonchobothrium pseudopolypteri Meggitt, 1930
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 8246
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Polyonchobothrium
Species pseudopolypteri
Authority Meggitt, 1930
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Polyonchobothrium polypteri (Leydig, 1853) Lühe, 1900
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Citation(s)

Meggitt, F. J. 1930. Report on a collection of cestodes, mainly from Egypt. Part VI. Conclusion. Parasitology 22: 338-345.

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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 -"...it may also be remarked that the discrepancies between the description of Klamtocz (1906), on the one hadn, and the Diesing and Leyding on the other, suggest the presence of two distinct species, for the former of which the name P. pseudopolypteri is proposed"

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/09/2011 Created R. Kuchta
05/24/2011Modified
04/06/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Polypteriformes
Host Family Polypteridae
Type Host
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Genus Polypterus
Species bichir
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Polypterus
Species bichir
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Type Locality

Country Egypt
Body of Water Nile River
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Type Material - not specified
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.