Tapeworm Species Details

Anthobothrium tortum Linstow, 1904
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12290
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Anthobothrium
Species tortum
Authority Linstow, 1904
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pyramicocephalus phocarum (Fabricius, 1780) Monticelli, 1890
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Citation(s)

Linstow, O.F.B. von. 1904. Neue Helminthen. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde (I abt. Origin.) 37: 678-683.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -based on juvenile form (Markowski 1952)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/06/2013 Created B. Barbeau
09/15/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/01/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/11/2022ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
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Genus Phoca
Species brabata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Erignathus
Species barbatus
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Europe
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -probalby from Europe, material obatined from A.E. Shipley from Cambridge

Specimens

Type Material -not located
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Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.