Archigetes
| Archigetes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Cestoda |
| Order: | Caryophyllidea |
| Family: | Capingentidae |
| Genus: | Archigetes Leuckart, 1878, |
Archigetes is a genus of tapeworms, that is unique among all tapeworms in that its species can mature in invertebrate hosts (Oligochaeta), in contrast to all other cestodes which have a vertebrate host. All five species were described as plerocercoids in oligochaetes, but two of them were also described as adults in cypriniform fishes.
Species
According to WoRMS, there are five valid species:
- Archigetes brachyurus Mrázek, 1908
- Archigetes cryptobothrius Wiśniewski, 1928
- Archigetes iowensis Calentine, 1962
- Archigetes limnodrili (Yamaguti, 1934) Kennedy, 1965
- Archigetes sieboldi Leuckart, 1878
References
- 1 2 Leuckart R. 1878. Archigetes sieboldi, eine geschlechtsreife Cestodenamme. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 30 (Suppl.), 593–606.
- ↑ WoRMS (2021). Archigetes Leuckart, 1878. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511810 on 2022-01-14
- ↑ Mrázek A. 1908. Ueber eine neue Art der Gattung Archigetes. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde. 46, 719–723.
- ↑ Wiśniewski LW. 1928. Archigetes cryptobothrius n. sp. nebst Angaben die Entwicklung im Genus Archigetes, R. Leuck. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 77, 113-124.
- ↑ Calentine RL. 1962. Archigetes iowensis sp. n. (Cestoda: Caryophyllaeidae) from Cyprinus carpio L. and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède. Journal of Parasitology, 48, 513–524
- ↑ Kennedy CR. 1965. Taxonomic studies on Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea). Parasitology, 55, 439–451.