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Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum (von Siebold, 1848) Baer, 1932
Diphyllobothriidea: Diphyllobothriidae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 13894
Order Diphyllobothriidea
Family Diphyllobothriidae
Subfamily
Genus Diphyllobothrium
Species tetrapterum
Authority (von Siebold, 1848) Baer, 1932
Taxonomic Status Valid
Valid Name
Synonyms Bothriocephalus tetrapterus Siebold, 1848 Diplogonoporus tetrapterus (Siebold, 1848) Ariola, 1896
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Type Species No
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Citation(s)

Siebold, C. T. E. 1848. Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbellosen Thiere. Verlag von Veit & Comp., Berlin, 680 pp.

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Redescription

Baer, J. G. 1932. Contribution a lŽetude des cestodes de Cetace. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 39(3): 195-228.

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Scientific Name Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
08/22/2017 Created R. Kuchta
08/22/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
12/02/2017ModifiedR. Kuchta
01/04/2018ModifiedR. Kuchta

Type Host

Host Class Mammalia
Host Order Carnivora
Host Family Phocidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Phoca
Species sp.
Subspecies
Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Phoca
Species vitulina
Subspecies
Additional Host(s)
Site in Host intestine
Host Notes -host identification sensu Monticelli (1989) and Markovwsky (1952)

Type Locality

Country Europe
Body of Water
Island(s)
City/Region
Coordinates
DD Latitude
DD Longitude
Additional Localities
Locality Notes - the type locality is unknown, although Delyamure (1955) stated to be somewhere in Northern Europe, but latter Delyamure (1966) established the Greenland Sea as the possible origin of the specimens described by von Siebold (1848).

Specimens

Type Material -BMNH No. 51.7.24.58 (type) -BMNH No. 51.7.24.27 (type)
Total Number of Type Specimens
Voucher Material
Specimen Notes -type material recognised by Markowski (1952)
Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.