WoRMS taxon details
Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786) Nufer, 1905
558770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558770)
accepted
Species
Ophiotaenia critica Mpoame & Landers, 1981 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
Proteocephalus cobraeformis Haderlie, 1953 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Proteocephalus criticum (Mpoame & Landers, 1981) de Chambrier, Scholz, Mariaux & Kuchta, 2017 · unaccepted (Malformed suffix)
Proteocephalus criticus (Mpoame & Landers, 1981) de Chambrier, Scholz, Kuchta & Mariaux, 2017 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Proteocephalus ptychocheilus Faust, 1919 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Proteocephalus ruzskyi Titova, 1946 · unaccepted (Synonym )
Taenia torulosa Batsch, 1786 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
Type locality contained in Germany
type locality contained in Germany [details]
WoRMS (2026). Proteocephalus torulosus (Batsch, 1786) Nufer, 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558770 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Kedra, M. (2010). A Checklist of marine species occurring in Polish marine waters, compiled in the framework of the PESI EU FP7 project. [details]
Other
additional source
Mhaisen, F.T. & A.R. Al-Rubaie. (2016). Checklists of parasites of farm fishes of Babylon Province, Iraq. <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2016:1-16. 7170534. Epub., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7170534 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Scholz, T.; Choudhury, A.; Reyda, F. (2021). The Proteocephalus species-aggregate (Cestoda) in cyprinoids, pike, eel, smelt and cavefish of the Nearctic region (North America): diversity, host associations and distribution. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09975-3 [details]
additional source de Chambrier, A.; Scholz, T.; Mariaux, J.; Kuchta, R. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea I Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>In: Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publication No. 25. Lawrence, Kansas.</em> pp. 251-277. [details]
additional source Scholz, T.; Hanzelová, V.; Králová, I.; Griffiths, D. (1998). Synonymy of shape Proteocephalus pollanicola Gresson, 1952 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of pollan, shape Coregonus autumnalis pollan, with shape P. exiguus La Rue, 1911. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 40(1): 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005939019567 [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
additional source Prisniy, Y. A. (2025). Parasites of bleak Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) of the Seversky Donets River and other small rivers of the Belgorod region (Russia). <em>Russian Journal of Parasitology.</em> 19(3): 315-333., available online at https://doi.org/10.31016/1998-8435-2025-19-3-315-333 [details]
[request]additional source Scholz, T.; Choudhury, A.; Reyda, F. (2021). The Proteocephalus species-aggregate (Cestoda) in cyprinoids, pike, eel, smelt and cavefish of the Nearctic region (North America): diversity, host associations and distribution. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09975-3 [details]
additional source de Chambrier, A.; Scholz, T.; Mariaux, J.; Kuchta, R. (2017). Onchoproteocephalidea I Caira, Jensen, Waeschenbach, Olson & Littlewood, 2014. <em>In: Caira, J. N.; Jensen, K. Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (2008–2017): Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth. The University of Kansas Natural History Museum Special Publication No. 25. Lawrence, Kansas.</em> pp. 251-277. [details]
additional source Scholz, T.; Hanzelová, V.; Králová, I.; Griffiths, D. (1998). Synonymy of shape Proteocephalus pollanicola Gresson, 1952 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of pollan, shape Coregonus autumnalis pollan, with shape P. exiguus La Rue, 1911. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 40(1): 35-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005939019567 [details]
additional source Ghosh, A.; Sreeraj, C. R. (2023). Fauna of India Checklist: Platyhelminthes. <em>Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.</em> 49 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/fauna/1/2023/platyhelminthes [details]
additional source Prisniy, Y. A. (2025). Parasites of bleak Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758) of the Seversky Donets River and other small rivers of the Belgorod region (Russia). <em>Russian Journal of Parasitology.</em> 19(3): 315-333., available online at https://doi.org/10.31016/1998-8435-2025-19-3-315-333 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Habitat This is a freshwater species, which could presumably occur in freshwater fishes in parts of the Baltic with low salinity. [details]
