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Alcataenia pygmaeus Hoberg, 1984
Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 971
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Dilepididae
Subfamily
Genus Alcataenia
Species pygmaeus
Authority Hoberg, 1984
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Hoberg, E. P. 1984. Alcataenia pygmaeus sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from the Whiskered Auklet, Aethia pygmaea, in the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, with a comment on the genera Alcataenia and Rissotaenia. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 51: 315-319.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
09/29/2005 Created Georgiev, Salamatin
02/04/2010Modified
05/06/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order
Host Family
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Aethia
Species pygmaea
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host duodenum
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Buldir Island, Alaska
Coordinates
DD Latitude 5221’N
DD Longitude 17556’E
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material USNPC 77546 (holotype), 77547 (paratype1), 77548 (paratypes 2 and 3)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material USNPC 77548 (supplementary speciment)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.