Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus lanceolatus Krabbe, 1865
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12846
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species lanceolatus
Authority Krabbe, 1865
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Diphyllobothrium lanceolatum (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924
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Citation(s)

Krabbe, H. 1868. Helminthologiske Undersøgelser i Danmark og paa Island, med saerligt Hensyn til Blaereormlidelserne paa Island. Det Køngelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger 7: 345–408.

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Zschokke, F. 1903. Die Arktischen Cestoden in Römer und Schaudinn. Fauna Arctica, eine Zusammenstellung du arktischen Tierformen mit desonderer Berucksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedi, Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Fachgenossen hrsg. von Fritz Romer und Fritz Schaudinn : 1-32.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/12/2014 Created
07/22/2014Modified
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/06/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
10/30/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Phoca
Species barbata
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Erignathus
Species barbatus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Greenland
Body of Water Arctic Ocean
Island(s) Disco Island
City/Region
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected by Olrik on Dec 11, 1859

Specimens

Type Material -ZMUC Nos. CES 105-141 (syntypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material -BMNH No. 1957.2.12.34-37; 11-15 (types)
Specimen Notes -Markowski (1952) studied "probably" types collected by Olrik from Zoological Museum, Copenhagen - Coll. No. 69 (11-12-1859). However, now these specimens are deposited at BMNH
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.