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Diphyllobothrium ursi Rausch, 1954
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12328
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species ursi
Authority Rausch, 1954
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus ursi (Rausch, 1954) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017
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Citation(s)

Rausch, R. 1954. Studies on the Helminth fauna of Alaska. XXI. Taxonomy, morphological variation, and ecology of Diphyllobothrium ursi n. sp. provis. on Kodiak Island. The Journal of Parasitology 40(5): 540-563.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
02/01/2016ModifiedK. Mojica
04/11/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/04/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/04/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/26/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Ursidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Ursus
Species arctos
Subspecies middendorffi
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Ursus
Species arctos
Subspecies middendorffi
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country U.S.A.
Body of Water
Island(s) Kodiak Island
City/Region Alaska
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material -USNPC No. 49355 (holotype) -MSBP No. 5733 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material -USNPC No. 49356 (plerocercoid)
Specimen Notes Slides, No. 49355, containing portions of adult strobilae, have been deposited in the Helminthological Collection of the U. S. National Museum.
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.