Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1899
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12426
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species bipunctatus
Authority (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1899
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Cooper, 1917
Synonyms Alyselminthus bipunctatus Zeder, 1800; Rhytis bipunctata (Zeder, 1800) Zeder, 1803; Bothriocephalus punctatus (Rudolphi, 1802); Bothriocephalus bipunctatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1899
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Citation(s)

Zeder, J. G. H. 1800. Erster Nachtrag zur Naturgeschichte der Eingeweidewürmer von Johann August Ephraim Goeze. Crusius, Leipzig, 320 + 6 Kupferta pp.

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Lühe, M. 1899. Zur anatomie und systematik der Bothriocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gessellschaft 9: 30-55.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/07/2013 Created B. Barbeau
04/04/2014Modified
03/18/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
10/29/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/01/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
05/31/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Pleuronectiformes
Host Family Scophthalmidae
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Genus Scophthalmus
Species maximus
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Site in Host
Host Notes -reported as "Darboth" or "Tarboth" that should be Turbot (see Rudolphi 1810)

Type Locality

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Locality Notes -localit unknown

Specimens

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Specimen Notes -not located
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.