Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium tungussicum Podjapolskaja & Gnedina, 1932
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12384
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species tungussicum
Authority Podjapolskaja & Gnedina, 1932
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1899
Synonyms Diphyllobothrium latum (Linnaeus, 1758) Lühe, 1910
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Podjapolskaja, W. P. and M. P. Gnedina. 1932. Diphyllobothrium tungussicum n. sp. ein neuer Parasit des Menschen. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde 126: 415–419.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -synonymy by Talyzin (1936)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
02/25/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/04/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta
12/09/2022ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -collected in 1930 and 1931

Type Locality

Country Russia
Body of Water Nizhnyaya Tunguska River
Island(s)
City/Region Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -around 1000 km from Turukhansk and Yakuts in the Lena river basin

Specimens

Type Material
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.