Archigetes (worm)

Short description: Genus of tapeworms

Archigetes

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Platyhelminthes

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Cestoda

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Eucestoda

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Caryophyllidea

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Capingentidae

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Archigetes

Leuckart, 1878,[1]

The genus Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 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,[2] there are five valid species:

* Archigetes brachyurus Mrázek, 1908 [3]
* Archigetes cryptobothrius Wiśniewski, 1928[4]
* Archigetes iowensis Calentine, 1962[5]
* Archigetes limnodrili (Yamaguti, 1934) Kennedy, 1965[6]
* Archigetes sieboldi Leuckart, 1878 [1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leuckart R. 1878. Archigetes sieboldi, eine geschlechtsreife Cestodenamme. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 30 (Suppl.), 593–606.
2. ↑ WoRMS (2021). Archigetes Leuckart, 1878. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511810 on 2022-01-14
3. ↑ Mrázek A. 1908. Ueber eine neue Art der Gattung Archigetes. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde. 46, 719–723.
4. ↑ Wiśniewski LW. 1928. Archigetes cryptobothrius n. sp. nebst Angaben die Entwicklung im Genus Archigetes, R. Leuck. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 77, 113-124.
5. ↑ Calentine RL. 1962. Archigetes iowensis sp. n. (Cestoda: Caryophyllaeidae) from Cyprinus carpio L. and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparède. Journal of Parasitology, 48, 513–524
6. ↑ Kennedy CR. 1965. Taxonomic studies on Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea). Parasitology, 55, 439–451.

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