Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus marginatus Krefft, 1871
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12383
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species marginatus
Authority Krefft, 1871
Taxonomic Status Nomen nudum
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Citation(s)

Krefft, G. 1871. On Australian Entozoa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 206-232.

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Scientific Name Notes -probably conspecific with Spirometra or Bothridium (Diphyllobothriidea)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
10/28/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/19/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/25/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/05/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Diprotodontia
Host Family Macropodidae
Type Host
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Genus Macropus
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Macropus
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes - under the species name “Bothriocephalus (?) marginatus” , the statement “ Mr masters is of the opinion that it was taken from the intestine of a Wallaby” (Krefft, p. 227)

Type Locality

Country Australia
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Island(s)
City/Region Queensland
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Specimens

Type Material -AMS No. 11165 (holotype)
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Specimen Notes - The Australian Museum, Sydney
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.