Tapeworm Species Details

Diplogonoporus tetrapterus (Siebold, 1848) Ariola, 1896
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Species ID 12283
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diplogonoporus
Species tetrapterus
Authority (Siebold, 1848) Ariola, 1896
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum (von Siebold, 1848) Baer, 1932
Synonyms Bothriocephalus tetrapterus von Siebold, 1848
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Siebold, C. T. E. 1848. Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbellosen Thiere. Verlag von Veit & Comp., Berlin, 680 pp.

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Ariola, V. 1896. Note intorno agli elminti del Museo Zoologico di Torino. Di alcuni botriocefali. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino 11: 1-7.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/06/2013 Created B. Barbeau
09/30/2014Modified
02/01/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
03/18/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
06/12/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/26/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Phoca
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Phoca
Species vitulina
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -host identification sensu Monticelli (1989) and Markovwsky (1952)

Type Locality

Country Europe
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes - the type locality is unknown, although Delyamure (1955) stated to be somewhere in Northern Europe, but latter Delyamure (1966) established the Greenland Sea as the possible origin of the specimens described by von Siebold (1848).

Specimens

Type Material -BMNH No. 51.7.24.58 (type) -BMNH No. 51.7.24.27 (type)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -type material recognised by Markowski (1952)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.