The genus ''Archigetes'' Leuckart, 1878 is unique among all tapeworms in that its species can mature in invertebrate hosts (

Oligochaeta Oligochaeta () is a subclass of soft-bodied animals in the phylum Annelida, which is made up of many types of aquatic and terrestrial worms, including all of the various earthworms. Specifically, oligochaetes comprise the terrestrial megadril ...

), 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 Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid ( carps and their kin) fish, such as barbs, loaches, botias, and minnows (among others). Cypriniformes is an "order-within-an-order", placed und ...

fishes.

Species

According to WoRMS, there are five valid species: * ''

Archigetes brachyurus Archigetes may refer to: *Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been ...

'' Mrázek, 1908 * ''

Archigetes cryptobothrius Archigetes may refer to: *Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been ...

'' Wiśniewski, 1928 * ''

Archigetes iowensis Archigetes may refer to: *Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been ...

'' Calentine, 1962 * ''

Archigetes limnodrili Archigetes may refer to: *Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been ...

'' ( Yamaguti, 1934) Kennedy, 1965Kennedy CR. 1965. Taxonomic studies on ''Archigetes'' Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea). Parasitology, 55, 439–451. * ''

Archigetes sieboldi Archigetes may refer to: *Apollo Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been ...

'' Leuckart, 1878

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16528369 Eucestoda Parasitic animals of mammals Cestoda genera