Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium podicipedis (Diesing, 1854) Meggitt, 1924
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12274
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species podicipedis
Authority (Diesing, 1854) Meggitt, 1924
Taxonomic Status Nomen oblitum
Valid Name
Synonyms Dibothriocephalus podicps Diesing, 1854
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Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1854. Über eine naturgemässe Vertheilung der Cephalocotyleen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 13(2): 556-616.

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Meggitt, F. J. 1924. The Cestodes of Mammals. Frommannsche Buchdruckerei (Hermann Pohle) in Jena, London, UK, 282 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -nomen oblitum by Sedryukov (1979)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/06/2013 Created B. Barbeau
02/01/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Podicipediformes
Host Family Podicipedidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Podiceps
Species minor
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Tachybaptus
Species ruficollis
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Ireland
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Bellingham
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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