Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus jandia Woodland, 1934
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9192
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Proteocephalus
Species jandia
Authority Woodland, 1934
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Travassiella jandia (Woodland, 1934) de Chambrier, Scholz & Kuchta, 2014
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Woodland, W. N. F. 1934. On six new cestodes from Amazon fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1: 33-44 + Plates I.

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Redescription

de Chambrier, A., T. Scholz, and R. Kuchta. 2014. Taxonomic status of Woodland's enigmatic tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Amazonian catfishes: back to museum collections. Systematic Parasitology 87(1): 1-19.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2012 Created B. Barbeau
11/08/2013Modified
10/28/2015ModifiedN. Arisco
04/27/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
11/22/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Pimelodidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Rhamdia
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Zungaro
Species zungaro
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River
Island(s)
City/Region fish market in Manaus (Manaos)
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Specimens

Type Material - BMNH 1961.4.5.34–59 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.