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Dittocephalus linstowi Parona, 1887
Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13485
Order Bothriocephalidea
Family Bothriocephalidae
Subfamily
Genus Dittocephalus
Species linstowi
Authority Parona, 1887
Taxonomic Status Species inquirenda
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Citation(s)

Parona, C. 1887. Elmintologia sarda. Contribuzione allo studio dei vermi parassiti in animali di Sardegna. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Serie 2. 24(4): 275-384.

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Scientific Name Notes Ruhnke (2011) considered this genus a nomen dubium. The illustrations of the species show midventral genital pores, suggesting this is a bothriocephalidean. -most probably belongs to the genus Bothriocephalus (Kuchta pers. obs.)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
06/08/2015 Created J. Caira
06/08/2015ModifiedJ. Caira
03/23/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
08/19/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta
02/11/2019ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Chondrichthyes
Host Order Squaliformes
Host Family Squalidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Squalus
Species sp.
Subspecies
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Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestinis
Host Notes -accidental host or missidentification

Type Locality

Country Italy
Body of Water Mediterranean Sea
Island(s) Isla San Pietro
City/Region Carloforte, Sardinia
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected on May 1882

Specimens

Type Material -not located
Total Number of Type Specimens
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.