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Bothriocephalus neglectus Lönnberg, 1893
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12414
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species neglectus
Authority Lönnberg, 1893
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Clestobothrium neglectum (Lönnberg, 1893) Dronen & Blend, 2003
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Citation(s)

Lönnberg, E. 1893. Bemerkung über einige Cestoden. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 18: 2-17.

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Redescription

Dronen, N. O. and C. K. Blend. 2003. Clestobothrium neglectum (Lönnberg, 1893) n. comb. (Cestoda: Bothriocephalidae) from the tadpole fish Raniceps raninus (L.) (Gadidae) from Sweden. Systematic Parasitology 56: 189-194.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
10/30/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
06/06/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Gadiformes
Host Family Gadidae
Type Host
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Genus Raniceps
Species niger
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Raniceps
Species raninus
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Sweden
Body of Water Atlantic Ocean
Island(s)
City/Region off Kristineberg
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Specimens

Type Material -BMNH No. 1984.10.1.1 (Neotype)
Total Number of Type Specimens based on 2 intact specimens with scoleces and 1 specimen lacking a scolex.
Voucher Material -BMNH Nos. 1984.10.1.2-3 (2 vouchers)
Specimen Notes -type material deposited in the museum at Uppsala University (Evolutionsmuseet), Sweden have been lost (Seven Boström, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden, pers. comm.) -Neotype assigned by Dronen & Blend (2003)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.