Tapeworm Species Details

Proteocephalus renaudi de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1994
Onchoproteocephalidea I:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9847
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family
Subfamily
Genus Proteocephalus
Species renaudi
Authority de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1994
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms
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Type Species
Verified No
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Citation(s)

de Chambrier, A. and C. Vaucher. 1994. Etude morpho-anatomique et genetique de deux nouveaux Proteocephalus Weinland, 1858 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) parasites de Platydoras costatus (L.), poisson siluriforme du Paraguay. Systematic Parasitology 27: 173-185.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/04/2012 Created AJ Phillips
11/08/2013Modified
04/13/2019ModifiedA. Phillips

Type Host

Host Class Teleostei
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Doradidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Platydoras
Species costatus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
Species
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host anterior half of intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Paraguay
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region General E. Diaz, province Neembucu
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes 18.10.1989 and 07.11.1991

Specimens

Type Material MHNG No. Inve 17881 (holotype); MHNG No. Inve 17882-17889 (paratypes); BMNH No. 1992.9.22.2 (paratype); IOC No. 32.888 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype and 10 paratypes
Voucher Material other material MHNH No. Inve 17890-17900
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.