Tapeworm Species Details

Schistocephalus nemachili Dubinina, 1959
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12257
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Schistocephalus
Species nemachili
Authority Dubinina, 1959
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
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Type Species No
Verified No
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Citation(s)

Dubinina, M. N. 1959. The natural system of the genus Schistocephalus Creplin (Cestoda, Ligulidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 38(10): 1498–1517.

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Redescription

Dubinina, M. N. 1980. Tapeworms (Cestoda, Ligulidae) of the Fauna of the USSR. American Publishing Company, Leningrad and Washington D.C., 320 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/06/2013 Created B. Barbeau
08/18/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/01/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
10/06/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Anseriformes
Host Family Anatidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Mergus
Species merganser
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Mergus
Species merganser
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) other fish-eating birds as S. solidus, plerocercoids in Nemachilus crassus (= Triplophysa retropinnis a subspecies of Triplophysa stoliczkai after Kottelat 2012)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -the type host first listed

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities -plerocercoids from Ailik Lake (Aylik), Xinjiang, China
Locality Notes

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.