Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus elegans Krabbe, 1865
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12888
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species elegans
Authority Krabbe, 1865
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Diphyllobothrim elegans (Krabbe, 1865) Meggitt, 1924
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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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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
07/22/2014 Created
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
07/02/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
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Genus Phoca
Species cristata
Subspecies
Type Host
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Genus Cystophora
Species cristata
Subspecies
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Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Danmark
Body of Water Arctic Ocean
Island(s) Greenland
City/Region Qeqertarsuaq
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes - town reported as Godhavn - specimens collected by Olrik May 28, 1860

Specimens

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Specimen Notes - type material most probably stoded in BMNH (see Markowski 1952)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.