Tapeworm Species Details

Sparganum okapiae Fain, 1948
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13599
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Sparganum
Species okapiae
Authority Fain, 1948
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Fain, A. 1948. Vers nouveaux do l'Okapi. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 41: 222–230.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
12/04/2015 Created R. Kuchta
11/05/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Artiodactyla
Host Family Giraffidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Okapia
Species johnstoni
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Okapi
Species johnstoni
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host peri-esophageal connective tissue
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
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Additional Localities
Locality Notes -zoo Leopoldville (Belgian Congo); NOW: Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Specimens

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