Tapeworm Species Details

Diphyllobothrium polycalceolus (Ariola, 1896) Sprehn, 1932
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13517
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species polycalceolus
Authority (Ariola, 1896) Sprehn, 1932
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Synonyms Bothriocephalus polycalceolus Ariola, 1896 Dibothriocephalus polycalceolus (Ariola, 1896) Zschokke 1903
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Citation(s)

Ariola, V. 1896. Note intorno agli elminti del Museo Zoologico di Torino. Di alcuni botriocefali. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino 11: 1-7.

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Redescription

Sprehn, C.. 1934. Cestoidea. Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee. Lieferung 26 Teil 4. c2: c61-c91.

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Scientific Name Notes -wrongly mentioned by Markowski (1952) "Diphyllobothrium polycalceolus, Meggitt, 1924. Meggitt (1924) reported it as Bothriocephalus polycalceolus Ariola, 1896

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/03/2015 Created R. Kuchta
08/03/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
08/08/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
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Genus Phoca
Species vitulina
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Genus Phoca
Species vitulina
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