Tapeworm Species Details

Pseudocrepidobothrium eirasi Rego & de Chambrier, 1995
Onchoproteocephalidea I:
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9850
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family
Subfamily
Genus Pseudocrepidobothrium
Species eirasi
Authority Rego & de Chambrier, 1995
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
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Type Species
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Citation(s)

Rego, A. A. and A. de Chambrier. 1995. Crepidobothrium eirasi n. sp. (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of the siluroid fish Phractocephalus hemioliopterus (Schneider, 1801) (Pisces: Pimelodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 102: 3-11.

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Record Data

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

Type Host

Host Class Teleostei
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Pimelodidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Phractocephalus
Species hemioliopterus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water Amazon River et Itacoatiara
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes 15-25.9.1992

Specimens

Type Material MHNG No. 992.144 (holotype); MHNG No. 992.145-154 (paratype); IOC No. 33128 (paratype);BMNH No. 1994.5.23.1 (paratype)
Total Number of Type Specimens 1 holotype and 10 paratypes
Voucher Material Other material: MHNG No. 992.155-157 (slides); MHNG No. 992.158 (alcohol)
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.