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Branchiopodataenia arctowskii (Jarecka & Ostas, 1984) Bondarenko & Kontrimavichus, 2004
Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13680
Order Cyclophyllidea
Family Hymenolepididae
Subfamily
Genus Branchiopodataenia
Species arctowskii
Authority (Jarecka & Ostas, 1984) Bondarenko & Kontrimavichus, 2004
Taxonomic Status
Valid Name
Synonyms Hymenolepis arctowskii Jarecka & Ostas, 1984; Wardium arctowskii (Jarecka & Ostas, 1984) Spassky, 1990; Taenia fusus Krabbe, 1869 in part (see Bondarenko & Petkevichiute, 1998)
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Citation(s)

Bondarenko, S. and V. Kontrimavichus. 2004. On Branchiopodataenia n. g., parasitic in gulls, and its type-species, B. anaticapicirra n. sp. (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae). Systematic Parasitology 57: 119-133.

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Scientific Name Notes -reference 7541

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/25/2016 Created B. Barbeau
12/07/2023ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Aves
Host Order Charadriiformes
Host Family Laridae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Larus
Species dominicanus
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Larus
Species dominicanus
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host jejunum, but also duodenum and ileum
Host Notes

Type Locality

Country Antarctica
Body of Water Southern Ocean
Island(s) King George Island
City/Region South Shetland Islands
Coordinates
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DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes -collected: 16. 22. and 27. December 1978

Specimens

Type Material -Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Warsaw.
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.