Tapeworms (Cestoda) of Ictalurid Catfishes (Siluriformes) in North America: Redescription of Type Species of Two Genera and Proposal of Essexiellinae N. Subfam.

Caryophyllidean tapeworms (Cestoda), Nearctic parasites of fish in Mexico, including description of a new species of Isoglaridacris and the first report of Khawia japonensis, an invasive parasite of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

“…Actually, irrespective of the fact that caryophyllidean tapeworms are not abundant in freshwater fishes in Mexico, their study had been long neglected, and only isolated reports of unidentified species had been published, until we conducted the present study. Instead, in the Nearctic part of Mexico, several species of proteocephalids (Onchoproteocephalidea) occur in freshwater fish, especially members of the newly erected subfamily Essexiellinae (formerly placed in the Corallobothriinae – see Hoffman, 1999 ) in ictalurid catfishes (Siluriformes) ( Scholz et al, 2020 ), whereas bothriocephalideans are represented by just a few species, especially the invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Schyzocotyle acheilognathi ( Yamaguti, 1934 ) (syn. Bothriocephalus acheilognathi ) ( Kuchta et al, 2018 ; Pérez-Ponce de León et al, 2018 ).…”

A young parasite in an old fish host: A new genus for proteocephalid tapeworms (Cestoda) of bowfin (Amia calva) (Holostei: Amiiformes), and a revised list of its cestodes

“…FM956086, FM956087). Scholz et al, 2020a , Scholz et al, 2020b provided molecular evidence these tapeworms belonged to M. giganteum , a typical parasite of the channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque). Bowfin is considered as an accidental host of M. giganteum .…”