Tapeworm Species Details

Dubium erinaceieuropaei Rudolphi, 1819
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Species ID 12345
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Dubium
Species erinaceieuropaei
Authority Rudolphi, 1819
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Rudolphi, 1819) Faust, Campbell & Kellogg, 1929
Synonyms Bothriocephalus felis Creplin, 1825; Ligula ranarum Gastaldi, 1854; Sparganum affine Diesing, 1854 (?); Sparganum ellipticum Molin, 1858; Sparganum lanceolatum Molin, 1860; Ligula pancerii Polonio, 1860; Sparganum raillieti Ratz, 1913; Spirometra janickii Furmaga, 1953
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Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

Rudolphi, C. A. 1819. Entozoorum synopsis, cui accedunt mantissa duplex et indices locupletissimi. Sumtibus Augusti Rücker, Berolini (Berlin), 811 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
10/24/2014Modified
08/02/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/20/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/28/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/14/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/23/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Eulipotyphla
Host Family Erinaceidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Erinaceus
Species europaeus
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Erinaceus
Species europaeus
Subspecies
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Site in Host thoracis
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Europe
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -most probably from former Prussia (northern part of present Germany, Poland or Baltic countries).

Specimens

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.