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Diphyllobothrium lashleyi (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12316
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species lashleyi
Authority (Leiper & Atkinson, 1914) Meggitt, 1924
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Dibothriocephalus lashleyi Leiper & Atkinson, 1914
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Leiper, R. T. and E. L. Atkinson. 1914. Helminthes of the British Antarctic Expediton, 1910-1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1: 222-226.

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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

Maltsev, V. N. and V. N. Zhdamirov. 1995. On taxonomic status of two species of diphyllobothriids described from the Weddell seals in the Antarctic. Proceedings of the Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography 41: 118–125.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/29/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
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Genus Leptonychotes
Species weddelli
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Leptonychotes
Species weddelli
Subspecies
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Type Locality

Country Antarctica
Body of Water Southern Ocean
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.