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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

  1. (2023) 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. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Program (2017gv), https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2798
  11. 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).
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