Tapeworm Species Details

Prodicoelia ditrema LeBlond, 1836
Diphyllobothriidea: Solenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12222
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Solenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Prodicoelia
Species ditrema
Authority LeBlond, 1836
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bothridium pithonis Blainville in Bremser, 1824
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Citation(s)

LeBlond C. 1936. Quelques observations d'helminthologie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoology 6: 289–307.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/05/2013 Created B. Barbeau
09/18/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/03/2026ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/06/2026ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Boidae
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Genus Boa
Species scytale
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Genus Eunectes
Species murinus
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Host Notes -Dr. Bourjot, professor of natural history at the Royal College of Bourbon (Saint-Denis, La Réunion island), was kind enough, a few months ago, to send me some Entozoa he had found in the digestive tract of a species of Boa that he told me was Anacondo (Boa scytale, Linn.)

Type Locality

Country America
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.