Tapeworm Species Details

Schistocephalus pungitii Dubinina, 1959
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12258
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Schistocephalus
Species pungitii
Authority Dubinina, 1959
Taxonomic Status Valid
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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
09/04/2014Modified
08/18/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/29/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/02/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Charadriiformes
Host Family Laridae
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Genus Pungitius
Species pungitius
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) adults from many fish-eating birds (Lariformes, Anseriiormes, Ciconiiformes, Galliformes, Columbiformes, Passeriformes) and in cat (Felis catus); plerocercoids Pungitius pungitius
Site in Host
Host Notes -type host not specified, firstly mentined fish-eating birds of the order Lariformes

Type Locality

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