Tapeworm Species Details

Spirometra decipiens (Diesing, 1850) Faust, Campbell & Kellogg, 1929
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12336
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Spirometra
Species decipiens
Authority (Diesing, 1850) Faust, Campbell & Kellogg, 1929
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms
Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
Verified By
Citation(s)

Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Faust, E. C., H. E. Campbell, and C. R. Kellogg. 1929. Morphological and biological studies on the species of Diphyllobothrium in China. The American Journal of Hygiene 9(3): 560-583.

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Redescription

Diesing, K. M. 1856. Zwanzig Arten von Cephalocotyleen. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Matematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche classe 12: 23-38.

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Scientific Name Notes Faust et al indicates that this is the type species of the Diphyllobothrium subgenus Spirometra

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
09/29/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
03/06/2024ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Felidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Felis
Species catus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Felis
Species catus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) Felis onca (=Panthera onca) February and May, Vienna (Diesing); Felis leopardus (= Leopardus ?); really New York (Leuckart); Felis concolor (= Puma concolor), May, June and November; Felis mellivora (=Puma yagouaroundi?), April and September; Felis onca (= Panthera onca, June, October and December; Felis pardalis (= Leopardus pardalis), March, April and May; Felis tigrina (= Leopardus tigrinus), June, September and October; Felis macroura (= Leopardus wiedii?), June, in Brazil (Natterer) in intestine. M.C.V.
Site in Host
Host Notes -F, catus is first listed (as synonym of Bothriocephalus felis Creplin 1825)

Type Locality

Country Brazil
Body of Water
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material NMW 2621, 2622, 2624, 2681, 2682, 2699, 12779–12781, 12783, 12801, 12841, USNM 1368664
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.