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
- Asian tapeworm in English
- Lombriz asiática in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- (2023) WoRMS Editorial Board (2023). World Register of Marine Species. 2023-09-20.
- 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.
- Casanova-Hernández, D., C.D. Pinacho-Pinacho, M. Calixto-Rojas, M. Rubio-Godoy, E.A. García-Saldaña, E. Velázquez-Velázquez & J.A. Zamora-Briseño. (2025). New tools to uncover old tricks: an update on the knowledge on the most successful invasive freshwater helminth, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi. <em>Parasitology Research.</em> 124(12):1-21. Dec 2025.
- De Luna, M.; García-Barrios, R.; Barton, D. P.; García-Vázquez, L. (2023). Adult Tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) Parasites of North American Herpetofauna: Checklist of Species and Identification Key to Families and Genera. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 109(4).
- Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp. 10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes
- Nitta, M.; Nagasawa, K. (2023). Gill Monogeneans (Platyhelminthes) Parasitic on <i>Gnathopogon elongatus elongatus</i> and <i>G</i>. <i>caerulescens</i> (Cypriniformes: Gobionidae) from Japan, with Descriptions of One New Species of <i>Dactylogyrus</i> and Three New Species of <i>Bivaginogyrus</i> (Dactylogyridae). <em>Species Diversity.</em> 28(1): 69-97.
- 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.
- Rave, A.; López-Osorio, S.; Uribe, M.; Hermosilla, C.; Chaparro-Gutiérrez, J. J. (2025). First report of the Asian tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi in the Colombian freshwater fish Parodon magdalenensis. <em>Frontiers in Veterinary Science.</em> 12.
- Santacruz, A., M. Barluenga & G. Pérez-Ponce de León. (2022). The macroparasite fauna of cichlid fish from Nicaraguan lakes, a model system for understanding host-parasite diversification and speciation. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 12(1):1-14. Mar 2022.
- US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017gv), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2798
- Vargas-Martinez, V.; Sanchez, .; Anthony L. To, D.; Briones, J. C. A. (2023). Gut Helminth Assemblages of Glossogobius aureus (Family Gobiidae) in Lake Taal, Philippines. <em>Comparative Parasitology.</em> 90(1).