{{Short description|Genus of tapeworms}} {{Automatic taxobox | image_caption = | taxon = Archigetes | authority = Leuckart, 1878,<ref name="Leuckart1878">Leuckart R. 1878. ''Archigetes sieboldi'', eine geschlechtsreife Cestodenamme. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 30 (Suppl.), 593–606.</ref> }}
'''''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,<ref>WoRMS (2021). Archigetes Leuckart, 1878. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511810 on 2022-01-14</ref> there are five valid species: * ''Archigetes brachyurus'' <small>Mrázek, 1908</small> <ref>Mrázek A. 1908. Ueber eine neue Art der Gattung ''Archigetes''. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde. 46, 719–723.</ref> * ''Archigetes cryptobothrius'' <small>Wiśniewski, 1928</small><ref>Wiśniewski LW. 1928. ''Archigetes cryptobothrius'' n. sp. nebst Angaben die Entwicklung im Genus Archigetes, R. Leuck. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 77, 113-124.</ref> * ''Archigetes iowensis'' <small>Calentine, 1962</small><ref>Calentine RL. 1962. ''Archigetes iowensis'' sp. n. (Cestoda: Caryophyllaeidae) from ''Cyprinus carpio'' L. and ''Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri'' Claparède. Journal of Parasitology, 48, 513–524</ref> * ''Archigetes limnodrili'' <small>(Yamaguti, 1934) Kennedy, 1965</small><ref>Kennedy CR. 1965. Taxonomic studies on ''Archigetes'' Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea). Parasitology, 55, 439–451.</ref> * ''Archigetes sieboldi'' <small>Leuckart, 1878</small> <ref name="Leuckart1878"/>
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Category:Eucestoda Category:Cestoda genera Category:Parasitic animals of mammals