Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus longispiculus Stossich, 1895
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 11562
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species longispiculus
Authority Stossich, 1895
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Synonyms
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Stossich, M.. 1895. Notizie elmintologiche. Bolletino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste 16: 33-46.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes sp. inq. by Protasova (1977); Cyclophyllidea?

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/02/2013 Created B. Barbeau
10/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/02/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/17/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
07/21/2020ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Gruiformes
Host Family Rallidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ortygometra
Species minuta
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Zapornia
Species parva
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes valid host name not clear, common name of O. minuta is "little crake"

Type Locality

Country Croatia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Rijeka
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes "Fiune"

Specimens

Type Material Cest 108
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes Museo Zoologico, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.