Global Cestode DatabaseCestode Scientific Name
| Species ID | 12305 |
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| Order | Diphyllobothriidea |
| Family | Diphyllobothriidae |
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| Genus | Diphyllobothrium |
| Species | cordatum |
| Authority | (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911 |
| Taxonomic Status | Valid |
| Valid Name | |
| Synonyms | Bothriocephalus coniceps Linstow, 1905; Bothriocephalus macrophallus Linstow, 1905; Dibothriocephalus römeri Zschokke, 1903 |
| Genus Record | No |
| Type Species | No |
| Verified | No |
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| Citation(s) |
Leuckart, R. 1863. Die menschlichen parasiten und die von ihnen herrührenden Krankheiten. Ein Hand- und Lehrbuch für Naturforscher und Aerzte. C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelberg, 766 pp. (5818) Download PDFGedoelst, L. 1911. Synopsis de parasitologie de l'homme et des animaux domestiques. Lierre Jos. van In, Bruxelles, 332 pp. (6871) |
| Redescription |
Delyamure, S. L. 1955. Helminthofauna of marine mammals (ecology and phylogeny). Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1968, Jerusalem, 522 pp. (4208) Download PDF |
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Record Data
| Date (MM/DD/YYYY) | Action | User Name |
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| 02/07/2013 | Created | B. Barbeau |
| 03/03/2015 | Modified | |
| 01/29/2016 | Modified | K. Mojica |
| 03/23/2016 | Modified | N. Arisco |
| 09/19/2016 | Modified | B. Barbeau |
| 08/08/2017 | Modified | R. Kuchta |
| 09/04/2017 | Modified | R. Kuchta |
Type Host
| Host Class | Mammalia | ||||||
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| Host Order | Carnivora | ||||||
| Host Family | Canidae | ||||||
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| Additional Host(s) | -from dogs and from a person in Greenland. | ||||||
| Site in Host | intestine | ||||||
| Host Notes | -type host wrongly reported in Kuchta and Scholz (2017) as Erignathus barbatus |
Type Locality
| Country | Danmark |
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| Island(s) | Greenland |
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Specimens
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.
74. Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911: 1 - scolex laterally; 2 - the same ventrally (original). 75. Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911: Transverse section of a mature segment at the region of the ovary and first loop of uterus (original). 76. Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911: Sagittal section of a mature cell in the median place (original). 
77. Diphyllobothrium cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) Gedoelst, 1911: 1 - part of the transverse section of a mature segment in the region of the bursa and posterior loop of uterus; 2 - papillae surrounding genital cloaca (original) Best viewed in Firefox
