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Abothrium gadi van Beneden, 1871
Bothriocephalidea: Triaenophoridae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12447
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Triaenophoridae
Subfamily
Genus Abothrium
Species gadi
Authority van Beneden, 1871
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
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Genus Record No
Type Species Yes
Verified No
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Citation(s)

van Beneden, P.-J. 1871. Les poissons des côtes de Belgique, leurs parasites et leurs commensaux. Mémoires de l‘Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 38: 1-100.

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Redescription

Willams, H. H. 1960. Some observations on Parabothrium gadi-pollachii (Rudolphi, 1810) and Abothrium gadi van Beneden 1870 (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) including an account of their mode of attachment and of variation in the two species . Parasitology 50: 303-322.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/12/2013 Created B. Barbeau
03/25/2015Modified
09/09/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/27/2017ModifiedK. Jensen
08/24/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/15/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/02/2021ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Actinopterygii
Host Order Gadiformes
Host Family Gadidae
Type Host
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Genus Morhua
Species vulgaris
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Gadus
Species morhua
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Type Locality

Country Europe
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Locality Notes -probably Europe

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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.