title: Species of Proteocephalus Weinland, 1858 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) from cyprinid fishes in North America.
abstract: A taxonomic study of Proteocephalus species parasitizing cyprinid fishes in North America, namely Proteocephalus ptychocheilus Faust, 1920 and Proteocephalus cobraeformis Haderlie, 1953, has demonstrated their conspecificity with Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786), a common parasite of cypriniform fishes (Cyprinidae and Cobitidae) in the Palaearctic Region. Proteocephalus ptychocheilus and P. cobraeformis are considered junior synonyms of P. torulosus.
authors: Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budĕjovice, Czech Republic.
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authors: Scholz
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authors: Hanzelová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D009656:North America