Tapeworm Species Details

Hymenolepis hibernia Montgomery, Montgomery & Dunn, 1987
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 12995
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Hymenolepis
Species hibernia
Authority Montgomery, Montgomery & Dunn, 1987
Taxonomic Status Valid
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Citation(s)

Montgomery, S. S. J, W. I. Montgomery, and T. S. Dunn. 1987. Biochemical, physiological and morphological variation in unarmed hymenolepidids (Eucestoda: Cyclophyllidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 293-324.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/19/2015 Created V. K. Haukisalmi
07/29/2017ModifiedR. Salamatin
09/01/2022ModifiedV. Haukisalmi

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Rodentia
Host Family Muridae (Murinae)
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Apodemus
Species sylvaticus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Apodemus
Species sylvaticus
Subspecies
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Site in Host duodenum
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Type Locality

Country Northern Ireland
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City/Region Tallymore Forest Park, Newcastle, Co. Down
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Specimens

Type Material Holotype: BMNH 1985.2.11.1. Paratypes: Commonwelth Institute of Parasitology, St. Albans, and Ulster Museum, Belfast.
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.