Tapeworm Species Details

Taenia phocarum Fabricius, 1780
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13535
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Taenia
Species phocarum
Authority Fabricius, 1780
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Pyramicocephalus phocarum (Fabricius, 1780) Monticelli, 1890
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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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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes see pg. 316

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/20/2015 Created R. Kuchta
08/20/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
09/15/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/06/2016ModifiedJ. Caira

Type Host

Host Class
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Phocae
Species barbatae
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Erignathus
Species barbatus
Subspecies
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Site in Host intestine
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Type Locality

Country Danmark
Body of Water Arctic Ocean
Island(s) Greenland
City/Region
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DD Longitude
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Specimens

Type Material
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Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.