Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium minus (Cholodkovsky, 1916) Talysin, 1934
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12320
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species minus
Authority (Cholodkovsky, 1916) Talysin, 1934
Taxonomic Status Synonym + invalid
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1899
Synonyms -Dibothriocephalus minor Cholodkovsky, 1916; -Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824) Lühe, 1910
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Citation(s)

Cholodkovsky, N. 1916. Sur un noveau parasite de l´homme. Zoologicheskij Zhurnal 1: 231-234.

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Talysin, Th. 1934. Zur Frage der morphologischen Charakteristik der Strobila bei Diphyllobothrium minus Chol. Zoologischer Anzeiger 106: 209–215.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -Talysin (1934) transfear Dibothriocephalus minor to the genus Diphyllobothrium, but under a new name Diphyllobothrium minus -synonymised by Chizhova (1959)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
06/16/2020ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/27/2021ModifiedV. Haukisalmi
01/26/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/23/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -received worms in alcohol send by Mr. G. Doppe Imayr collected in Transbaicalia by the members of the expedition for the study of sable hunting. Among the worms I found a specimen of a small bothriocephalus, expelled with the help of vermifuge from the intestines of one of the members of the aforesaid expedition (Mr. Svatoch).

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Lake Baikal
Island(s)
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -most probably from village Sosnovka (Сосновкы), Barguzinsky District, Republic of Buryatia

Specimens

Type Material -probably lost
Total Number of Type Specimens -1
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.