Proteocephalus papuensis

Taxonavigation

Genus:

Taxonavigation: Onchoproteocephalidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Platyzoa Phylum: Platyhelminthes Subphylum: Rhabditophora Superclassis: Neodermata Classis: Cestoda Subclassis: Eucestoda Ordo: Onchoproteocephalidea

Familia: Proteocephalidae
Subfamilia: Proteocephalinae
Genus: Proteocephalus
Species: Proteocephalus papuensis

Name

Proteocephalus papuensis Bursey, Goldberg & Kraus, 2008: 34.

Holotype: USNPC 99394.

Type locality: S slope Oya Waka, 9.4562° S, 150.5560° E, 980 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Host: BPBM 18880, Sylvirana supragrisia (Anura: Ranidae), collected on 9 September 2002.

Paratypes: USNPC 99395–96.

References

• Bursey, C.R., Goldberg, S.R. & Kraus, F. 2008. A new species of Proteocephalus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), description of the male of Desmogathiema papuensis (Nematoda: Quimperiidae), and other endoparasites in Sylvirana supragrisea (Anura: Ranidae) from Papua New Guinea. Comparative Parasitology 75(1): 33–48. DOI: 10.1654/4291.1