Tapeworm Species Details

Pyramicocephalus phocarum (Fabricius, 1780) Monticelli, 1890
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13534
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Pyramicocephalus
Species phocarum
Authority (Fabricius, 1780) Monticelli, 1890
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Taenia pgocarum Fabricius, 1780
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Type Species Yes
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Citation(s)

Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Groenlandica : systematice sistens animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque : synonyma auctorum plurium, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum, capturamque singuli, prout detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes Othonis Fabricii. Impensis Ioannis Gottlob Rothe, Hafniae, 450 pp.

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Monticelli, F. S. 1890. Note elmintologiche. Bollettino della Societa dei Naturalisti in Napoli 4(2): 189-208.

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Redescription

Delyamure, S. L. 1955. Helminthofauna of marine mammals (ecology and phylogeny). Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1968, Jerusalem, 522 pp.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/20/2015 Created R. Kuchta
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
03/30/2016ModifiedN. Arisco
09/26/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
09/01/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
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Genus Erignathus
Species barbatus
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