Species of Proteocephalus Weinland, 1858 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from cyprinid fishes in North America
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
10207386
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- MeSH
- Cestoda anatomy & histology classification MeSH
- Cestode Infections parasitology veterinary MeSH
- Cyprinidae parasitology MeSH
- Fish Diseases parasitology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- North America MeSH
A taxonomic study of Proteocephalus species parasitizing cyprinid fishes in North America, namely Proteocephalus ptychocheilus Faust, 1920 and Proteocephalus cobraeformis Haderlie, 1953, has demonstrated their conspecificity with Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786), a common parasite of cypriniform fishes (Cyprinidae and Cobitidae) in the Palaearctic Region. Proteocephalus ptychocheilus and P. cobraeformis are considered junior synonyms of P. torulosus.
