Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus dendriticus Nitzsch, 1824
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12182
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species dendriticus
Authority Nitzsch, 1824
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899
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Citation(s)

Nitzsch, C. L. 1824. Bothriocephalus. In Allgemeine Encyclopaedie der Wissenschaften und Künste, J. S. Ersch and J. G. Gruber (eds). Gleditsch, Leipzig, 94-98 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/05/2013 Created R. Kuchta
03/18/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
12/30/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Charadriiformes
Host Family Laridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Larus
Species tridactylus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Rissa
Species tridactyla
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Chroicocephalus ridibundus (as Larus ridibundus)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Germany
Body of Water
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Additional Localities
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Specimens

Type Material -not specified
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes - 8 tapeworms collected iii. 1817 ex Rissa tridactyla - 1 immature tapeworm collected v. 1817 ex Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.