Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium luxi Rutkevich, 1937
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12370
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species luxi
Authority Rutkevich, 1937
Taxonomic Status Synonym
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Citation(s)

Rutkevich, N. L. 1937. Diphyllobothrium giljacicum nov. sp. and D. luxi nov. sp., two new tapeworms of man from Sakhalin. In Paper on Helminthology Published in Commemoration of the 30 year jubileum of K.J. Skrjabin, . , , 574–580 pp.

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Scientific Name Notes - Kuchta et al. (2015) proposed that species as potential synonym of Diphyllobothrium nihonkainese. -see also Dovgalev and Valovaya (1996)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
02/25/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/28/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
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Genus Homo
Species sapiens
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Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water
Island(s) Sakhalin Island
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Locality Notes -found in population of Evenks and Yakuts peoples from the west coast of Sakhalin Island

Specimens

Type Material -not deposited
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.