Tapeworm Species Details

Bothriocephalus liguloides Leuckart, 1886
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13584
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Bothriocephalus
Species liguloides
Authority Leuckart, 1886
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Rudolphi, 1819) Faust, Campbell, and Kellogg, 1929
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Citation(s)

Leuckart, R. 1886. The parasites of man, and the diseases which proceed from them; a textbook for students and practitioners. Pentland, Edinburgh, 844 pp.

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Redescription
Scientific Name Notes -reported synonym Ligula mansoni Cobbold, 1882

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/03/2015 Created R. Kuchta
12/03/2015ModifiedR. Kuchta
10/31/2016ModifiedR. Kuchta
11/23/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Primates
Host Family Hominidae
Type Host
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Genus man
Species
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Homo
Species sapiens
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host left testis
Host Notes -Japanese, 28 years old

Type Locality

Country Japan
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region Kioto
Coordinates
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes

Specimens

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