Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13006
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species nihonkaiense
Authority Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Dibothriocephalus nihonkaiensis (Yamane, Kamo, Bylund & Wikgren, 1986) Waeschenbach, Brabec, Scholz, Littlewood & Kuchta, 2017
Synonyms Diphyllobothrium klebanovskii Muratov & Posokhov, 1988
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Yamane, Y., H. Kamo, G. Bylund, B.-J.P. Wikgren. 1986. Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense sp. nov. (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) – revised identification of Japanese broad tapeworm. Shimane Journal of Medical Science 10: 29–48.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
02/02/2015 Created
07/29/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
04/04/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Additional Host(s) experimental host: Mesocricetus auratus first intermediate host: Oncorhynchus masou, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Site in Host small intestine
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water
Island(s) Hokkaido
City/Region
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Specimens

Type Material - HLS7903 (holotype) - PSH8509-1, 2 (paratypes)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -deposited at Department of Medical Zoology, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago City 683, Japan
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.