Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Platyhelminthes

class

Cestoda

order

Bothriocephalidea

family

Bothriocephalidae

genus

Schyzocotyle

species

Schyzocotyle acheilognathi

Name

Synonyms

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934

Bothriocephalus aegyptiacus Ryšavý & Moravec, 1975

Bothriocephalus barbus Fahmy, Mandour & El-Naffar, 1978

Bothriocephalus kivuensis Baer & Fain, 1958

Clestobothrium kivuense Baer & Fain, 1958

Schyzocotyle fluviatilis Akhmerov, 1960

Homonyms

Schyzocotyle acheilognathi (Yamaguti, 1934) Brabec, Waeschenbach, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2015

Common names

Asian tapeworm in English

Asian tapeworm in English

Bibliographic References

1. (2023-09-20 16:40:51) WoRMS Editorial Board (2023). World Register of Marine Species. 2023-09-20.
2. Caira, Janine N., and Kirsten Jensen, eds., 2017: Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008-2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Special Publication, no. 25. 1-463.
3. Palermo, C.; Morgan, D.; Beatty, S.; Elliot, A.; Greay, T. (2021). The Asian fish tapeworm (Schyzocotyle acheilognathi) discovered in Western Australia may pose a threat to the health of endemic native fishes. <em>Journal of Helminthology.</em> 95.
4. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017gv), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2798