Tapeworm Species Details

Lytocestus lativitellarium Furtado & Kim-Low, 1973
Caryophyllidea: Lytocestidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 9914
Order Caryophyllidea
Family Lytocestidae
Subfamily
Genus Lytocestus
Species lativitellarium
Authority Furtado & Kim-Low, 1973
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Lucknowia microcephala (Bovien, 1926) Ash, Scholz, Oros & Kar, 2011
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species No
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Furtado, J. I. and T. Kim-Low. 1973. Incidence of some helminth parasites in the Malaysian catfish Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus). Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fu ̈r Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 18: 1674—1685.

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Ash A., T. Scholz, M. Oros, and P. K. Kar. 2011. Tapeworms (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of Clarias batrachus (Pisces: Siluriformes) in the Indomalayan Region. Journal of Parasitology 97(3): 435-459.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/31/2012 Created A. Ash
10/23/2012Modified
04/04/2020ModifiedT. Scholz

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygyi
Host Order Siluriformes
Host Family Clariidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Clarias
Species batrachus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Clarias
Species batrachus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Malaysia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sungei Besar, Sabak Bernam, Selango
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Types: Deposited in helminthological collections of the British Museum (Natural History), London, the United States National Museum, Washington D. C.. and the School of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.